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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1965, 23 January 1914, Page 7

■'* ; liilthe course of an iulen'iow at Cape Town on the Australian Niivy, Sir Gcorgo King-Hall had nothing but praise to offer, and added that he was absolutely an Australian when it came to the sentiments that fired the Bister Dominion with a desire to own a fleet of her own, which would bo part of the Empire fleet. Without n fleet to back them up, where would they be? ■lie advocated right from the bi>ginnmg the building of an Australian fleet for ■'dol'oiiee..- With 110 fleet, her shores were ojj'.'iiun any foe, and he looked forward to tlio-i'ime when Australia would be a power in the Pacific lit* paid a tribute to the", personnel of tlie fleet, and s-iid ..there .iyns liltl* , donbt but Australia would be ablo easily to find men for her ships.' The- movement for a navy had tho .dynamic and personal interest of the". "Australian nation behind it. and, if properly mnn«Krd, tho Australian Navy and the Ko.val Navy would always wor!; .together. : . In a' lecture at Sheffield. Profesw .t. O. ■Arnold .slated th»;t. though Iho big navjil Buns'trtko iv'.x:nt fv:vcn months to build, and'cas! iterhsips about J.':)O,OCfi, their average life w.is eiglil seconds. The gun is Capfiblo of firiiiq; about iflO rounds, "when erosion f> attacks the gnn tubes as lo resitler the firm? inaccurntfi. Ton fire i>oo rounds,of shell, and the time, that each shell is in thp sun is .01 ni a second. Th.it works out that tho actual working ,:lifp of each, of these guns is.,about eight K'Wiiid'C ,: "■ : , ■.'. \.',.\ ■!■■■, :■:• M the'n&rrewest point Shs StrAits iGibraltir «•■« about 15 mils* ; ..v;ido. : ;ffesq ! ;