AUSTRALIA'S NAVY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 662, 12 November 1909, Page 5

AUSTRALIA'S NAVY.

.: Colonel-,:Fbxton,' whV; represented .'the ■ Com-monwealtU;atV,the-Imperial' Defence Confertho,.E.Jl,Si;pfranto.'on Novllß^Pl^t he^said, : that'.th:e. Aus}™fe a . nt officers aroused L \ ' a ' iS e :' of; mtenSe satisfaction at Wtth fe"? d X m *«™y spirit displayed. WvTf l^ 4 to .;.t>e conference, Colonel Fox- :&?, ■ni'itarysside-of-.the-. discussions did. not present., many difficulties with - regard to general, pnnciplos, and'the sub-committee of ffifsH ! -r ser 4 arWi ; lliamNiohol^. 'settled S , ""I P- riM ?Ples. There wal %U oh > -. to '.-«?? d or: ear-mark troops for SEitH '-™% '■ ; -L t;,y f ; ' im P licd ■'that. P il reevident wm M a L defence,U s P°n became li^'- t i la y t 7 onldb ? accessary, for the AdAustralia. Sir Joseph Ward, on'behalf of New S v , iff 6 !' l }"- faiUl to tk e EoyalNavy joinmg.in.-the formation of a - true AnstnUs I g'7KSSg'UKS I K: ixaha- djd:not desire, to. abrogate -the exM Vnn ??'*«■' a e re ? me 'it.';-.and.'while the Dread PrppW^^v,--prq^l ß .v ; . wh i ch^ modifications, -are thr',arrive"' ■ m^:^ la » na ]>^rnyed'at ; as cabled . Tn^mS r M isi S''^•'*"'■ ofi'the -■jTOy.taWe; farpe.- as the principal'■' vessel of ;th,e,;fleet..unit,..'yas;the;-A^iralty ? s Zcestion f n / n •f a JHI V> -Aβ , -. Brealnou™f g offer and -with, the ; remaining- .vessels it-,was nro ' &°f a K ° ,in 7 the Jmost. efltective ,ay own safety;and-help to strengthen the Navr of w3't b who accompanied ll^^ei^^u^^^. Australia.-. Thej)nnciple of, an ' interchanw of -personnel 'between the Eoyal' Navy and the Australian fleet will ensure 7 the mTintenante of_a high, standard of efficiency jn the latter : The.neßotiations.with the y Admira% from cordi'aHty; maT d the utmost {w^%' A F' s «;*' ia ? par f y^ J isite(l the--Clyde,'and inspected the three destroyers ', building th»re It.os.understood'thatthe ships will.be finished' within contract fame.-..The fleet unit will have to , be mannedi ; as. far, as possible, from the start witlvAustralians,.'but, the greater- proportion .will- have to ;be. drawn from' the Eoyal Navy for some years to-come..;; - ;.:.-.