The Defence of the Colonies.
1 ' O (Per Press Association ) Sydney, March 30. Lord Brassey, Governor of Victoria, referring to the question of naval defence, says tbe British fleet can never be too large, so vast are the interests to be protected, but he cannot express any other feeling than satisfaction at the present naval position. He considers that what the Mother Country is doing, has done, and intends to do, is sufficient for protection of every part of the empire, and thinks that when the time arrives (or the colonies to be further advanced, and the resources become much greater, we shall naturally look for the creation of a powerful .\ us' ralasian squadron to be paid lor by the colonies, and not bj r Britain. He did not, however, think the moment propitious or that it was necessary to raise the question now. The Mother Country is doing nil she 6hould do, and she would be bound to what she is doing, whether she had colonies or not, for the protection of her own trade.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 229, 31 March 1896, Page 2
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