EMPIRE AND NAVIES.
.'■ -». ;;.■■■•■- [ .''■;,'■ AUSTRALIAN SHIPS. UNIT IN BEING BY THE END OF 1812. (Uy TelcErnpli.-Press A««o6mtlnn.-Coprr|flii I ' (Reo. September 26, 5.5 p.m.) .' .'■;• ' London,; September 25. . Colonel Foxton, dolegato of tho Commonwealth, I Government to the Imperial Defenco Co'nforepco,'.|s Bottling; the 'final details of defence'matter's' with the Admiralty., .'-'.. . .y.ln- an~ infefviow. ho stated! "Thore' is no rieason'ito'doubt that'the Australian Defenco Bill will be %eloomod gworally, for -the- public think we' have a possiblo danger in tho future. 'Ono cannot say what danger, but the feeling "exists;" '•■'■' ',' ';.'■' Ho'expects'that by June, 1912, or, at all events.-by the ond of that yoar, the pres'ont Australian Squadron will ,be rolievod of its duties • by'the' Australian fleet unit. . The building of tbo larger vessel (an improved- Dreadnought cruiser) is'to: be commenced immediately. Tho othor shipa of tho unit'will bo begun at dates which jvill : make cdrapleiibn synolitouise with liat of tlie larger ship, ■"■'.■:•■■'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 7
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147EMPIRE AND NAVIES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 622, 27 September 1909, Page 7
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