IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 531, 11 June 1909, Page 7

IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

THE -NAVY.

OPEN CHEQUE

: : QOWtDpfiE IN THE AtoMpiAltfyS '.' 1 ,(LS?o<jr;Ai;i<)PTCoi^afem'i] '[.!.'■ .'" jLonacn,' Jufte ;9. ,; '[The referring to 'Mr. 'Deaiin's ', (differ of A fyattteship to Jmperia.l Govern- '. iif.ent,' siys thpt Ans.trajja i&sls the •h<)noiii ''■ -Of...being ,the -.secftnd ,-Pqniiiuqti to offjir a 1 ' ,jn s tJio. cause .$ ,s£f(jn,ce. : ,: .. • .. . , ;...',■.' !|l j)he gratitade With -which dhe '.Goreiinmerit (accepted tJjie gift," jSay.s "The JTimas;" . • jis ito : {he ivdl by -the \Whflle ,j)at|pri, ?s itß'Jiy ;ihe .citizen? ,-pf ,of%r dominions.. ' - ■ : "That feeling is increased by the proof of coniidih'M oh'.thb •Adaiiullty >4ffai;d(id by ijhe Commonwealth's readings io Jiftve . the ihamUar iin -which rfcho gift shall be applied , <jo 'Mic- '-judgment of the- Imperial .authori:;tfe3.!'! '•';■'".' '■■;'■ : ",/:' '" ■ ' : ' AT :CONFERENCE.' • '"' Meibotirrre, June 10. ; Colonel Foxton, -Honorary Minister in the . • Federal Cabinet, has been selected to repre- • . ,ak the .liijierial Conference i:6a Defence. Th,er,o bo no second fbpre- ,' -'.... . •. ..,„■ , [Col.'fusKn.F.iG.vl'oxtan, ,G:Mi<s., YiO.^m . $9 jiiirs pf ..age, entowd >the.inew . l Ministry. i\s .Hopprajry ,Minjslpr ,a. ,dwß ago. , ,Hp•-.' wjap . bom "an.\ Vjcforia, ott mq's,t . „of,. -jlria'j ".cairear ,h,?p -heen in ypeensland. .' J P*' .tyefttjlcoj?.? k e! P& ■ r 'Ije coprbsentctl the fiaiii'o constitjifenPy. in" Itha $tato"fssbmply. -That constituency was Gar- ' na'rvon, 'arid the period was 1883 ito 1904. He : -4<a8 -n'tripmuer.of spverai'Qnetrosla-riu' Gowni-mants,-including the Pftilp'^owijninfpt,-fi;oip ~ $?& ito J903, ( and a -Land Act and,-a Act : ar£..ftiqong, l i i fathered,. In' jiQOS : $,risb>-ii}e eW'.imt him.tp the. .Hpuie.'.cf Sepr^fiepfytives.' Col, Foxtoji'has ttikeri'iin active j'/it'ereit in cricket— '. r l pbres6ntWig''Qileenjlab'd Cricket on the Boftrtt $a OoloMl iri CoMr , tjiand of the Field Eotce in .Queenslnnd. He ;'ip. a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queenswnd, and has fljls.o, foun.d ,Umo .to ,securo the Royal Humane Society's -medal'and clasp, haviag on two occasions. irpceixed .the society's jward for saving life. A man of inany activities, he. ,has also many relaxations, and his recreations ineWde cfeicKet,' gi)£f, te'n•iiiß, ishooting; :'•'':: - - ,: '.'' : ; DE'LecATE'S fERSONAI V/E)¥oY ■ ;4sopAP' N-fyy ■ #edijjdinp I <U:')■■■':-''. (SfflSroY.■ ;': '""";':■ : 7'.'o: 77 djuno 10- '-j i Colonel Foxtori, who repr.e6sinite.the iCorri-i m6n.irealth at'the 'Defonoo CMrfereruSe, 6ayo' po'iis ifcjfaypijf'of a qf ,n;iv,al [ $)w .% i mdp.jat''pie,ssjj; js iftrsj; *t\ i pypry ; AushraJian ;aspiros ito country rnake a 'beguming'iin -the' of a. Tel ;navy, J,nj''in (jib of ita'ino ,MS-' pijsjli». ,tnay >bflp,e.t iof :'»a.;.na,vy, b.ut; fipjr, -pipay t'eara Bhe must be dependent on tho Britis'h'i ,'He iwould not 'rcduGe, 'but -vvould father 'increase, -proEent -subsidy -to tie Tfee\yvp,se ;) .hoKwr, ijs, Krsohal news. Ho had yet to discußs .with r-cplieag»Mitihe<l)oK«y ito be "pla<»d before, f>h© iGonforenbe. ...'-'-'.'• r : WTE PROP.gSAL?. ' : iThe proposals cftiivoyod J:6 the 1 Adniiraity' by,' tho-pecontlv-dofcated 'lAbour'Hlnls'tty of : Atls-; itralia »rp Uiui"summarised-by A papb'r: 'Lk-W continue ithp jjrdsent nrrangstuant luhtilj ,A 1° fop Australia's ,6ini' (defence.'•■'.'■' ■:; ~ ■ ~ '- B •? ?^ t ?. w °^^ '/"W EMdan^'.aqd, |t b; BPftd Australians here fpr trailing.- ;_ i: Outside Australian waters to .nut thisforw (tn'iohnrge of the 'British .officer of .the station lYiftfied; .-. . ■•--■. •■■-••-■ - • - r r<r^ . 5. In time of wartohand over -the ; flee : t : un-' peservedly.,to tive Admiralty.,, ' S" £° ™aintamahnvalbase'f6r Britishships. 7. Not to pubmariijes. ' , A PABTYtMA'DE scare. ; AUSTMtIAN' Fiß^WlAii^.-.yjpw, • : , ■: ■ ' ■ ;' iPerth,; ffuhp 10.' ' |, .Sir <fqrui.erly .Mtorp'eyiG<W- ! I jefW. fpf.rtb>\^mino J nive(iltli; ,»nd a jnembori iof,.tho Cobdon.Club) ha 3 ; returned ierp fsofl' if :*!?*.*?■ !"Bjwd..:":He W>\tho wholp *ccre : lin'JKigartl fa the fiayy.haa ieen .worked'up;fpf -party -purposes by,-the 'Tory Party >nd' ithe-newspape.r",s, ; wiibi ■whom ,he spbto'.doubted:the supremacy '■$(, : ; thb'.British 'Na-vS,' ijor is it %t its' •»W'Hte r ip .fssspptiai.' 7 • "" / ■