DOMINIONS AND NAVY.
THE VITAL SEA-SENSE. MESSAGE BY LORD SELBORNE TO SOUTH AFRICA. By Tcleeraph—Presa Assoclation-Oopyrielit Pretoria, May 31. Lord SDlborne, ex-High Commissioner of South Africa and Governor of the Transvaal, in a message of God-speed, to the people of South Africa, says:— "Hay they never forget what they owo to the sea. There is always danger of an inland people losing the sea-sense. If South Africa should lose command of the sea, a hostile Power would only need to occupy the ports; the economic and political pressure thus brought to bear would prove intolerable." AUSTRALIA'S DREADNOUGHT. COST £1,800,000. (Kec. June 2, 0.55 a.m.) Melbourne, June 1. The cost of the Commonwealth's Dreadnought-cruiser will be about £1,800,000, the hull costing £858,000, the guns £121,928, the torpedo and tubes and other fittings £300,000, and the propelling machinery over .half a million. The Government is advertising for 200 permanent non-commissioned officers, required for training purposes when the lien - Defence Act is proclaimed. London, May 31. The Australian destroyer Parramatta made a successful preliminary run under steam.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 832, 2 June 1910, Page 5
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174DOMINIONS AND NAVY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 832, 2 June 1910, Page 5
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