BRITISH NAVY
SOME SCATHING CRITICISM
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)
. LONDON, Sep. 10. . The “Daily Telegraph’s” naval Correspondent Scathingly criticises the British Navyis ,teii thousand ton cruisers,, of which the Australian Government has two. The critic declares: The existing cruisers of this country are “boxes of tricks,’ 1
H§ i.ayß) “The Norfolk avid her twelve sisters are a poor investment. Although they represent a capital outlay of tweny-five millions sterling, they could not, according to expert Opinion, stand up more than five minutes to well-directed gunfire. They also are bad sea boats.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 September 1932, Page 5
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