PRACTICALLY DEFENCELESS
-wn«uxisci6Us of tlleir awful doom dd tlie little victims piay," This quotation, in brief, is tbe attitude of New Zealand towards invasion, in tke opinion of Mr H. C. Sytoes, a former xnember of tlie reeeardli staff of tbe Mutiitions Invetitions Depaftment 0f tbe Bi'itisb Wai* Ministry, who is a passoager on tbe Salamaub, at pfesetit in NeW Zealand watefs. Mr Sytnes, Wbo is bound for bis bome in. Babau;l, bas been impressed by seVeral vital questions corifrbnting the Dominion. Wbere are tbe ammunition bases, the poison gas depots, and wbere wonld New Zealand get ber . mg skells in tbe event Of an invasioii? Ke aska. Her present sotifte, Australiia, would need all its ammutlitioti snpplies for itself in the event of war and invasion from the EaSt» Shells could be earried by ships to New ZeaJand f f om " England, but onee these Vossels arrived in New Zealand they would fiud mueh greUAer difficulty in l'Oturning. Mr Symes has studied these questions in detail, and has conie to the concltision tbat NeW Zealand is praeticaliy
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 62, 6 December 1937, Page 6
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