THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
i Pkack in -run Pacific. • Tlie Washington Conference hud assured tne peace of the Pacific, and the necessity of maintaining a nttvy far beyond our means no longer existed; An cud had beeil put to naval rivalry, at least for, a Season; aiid it wlls, the Government’s duty to reduce defence expenditure to the minimum, consistent with safety. If the Government, ceased to spend rnuney on defence, it would lie turned from tho purpose of destruction into channels of construction. It would he spent on developing Australia. The less spent on 1 defence the more there would he for immigration,—W, H. Hughes. !
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 May 1922, Page 2
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106THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 8 May 1922, Page 2
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