NAVAL EXPANSION
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Bright Prospects For Young Men >
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WELLINGON, Tkis Day. "Skips of war will never be ousted from tke sea by aircraft. Air attack must be met in tke air," said Lieut.Oommander L- Brooks, wko arrived bjj tke Euakine, en route to Australia to join H.M.A.S, Cerberus. "Tke navy in England is entering upon a time of great expansion," ke said, "and tke skortage of junioii officers kas held out kright prospects for young men to-day." He tkougkt tkere would be radical changes in tbe appearance of warships because of changes in design, partly needed to protect tkem against air atj tack, and to enakle tkem to carry their own aircraft. Guns were becoming smaller and lighter but just as effective in power. (The Britisk Navy kas been working very kard in Spanisk and Mediterranean waters, and leave is very sweet wken it can ke oktained," ke said. Lieut.-Commander Brooks kas been serving witk tke Eoyal Spvereign. He went home witk H.M.A.S. Brisbane wken ske left Australia in 1925 to be scrappecl.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 28, 27 October 1937, Page 5
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