OUTLAY ON NAVY
INQUIRY TO BE INSTITUTED. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, October 14. A remarkable statement regarding the alleged attitude of the British Treasury towards th e Navy during the period of the late Labour Government in 1930 is expected to be the subject of questions when Parliament 're-assembles. * iSir Oswyn Murray, permanent secretary to the Admiralty, giving evidence before a select committee concerning the expenditure on the rang e finding equipment for the ships “Nelson” and “Rodney,” is reported •to have ? aid that the Treasury took the view that ns nobody expected that there was going to be war for many years, it did not matter whether the guns were abl e to be fired or not. “The Admiralty,” he said, “were unable to tak e that view. Every new ship must have guns, or otherwise we •would soon have nothing but a dummy (fleet.” This quotation appears in the minutes of the evidence, but the text of the Treasury letter on which the aremarks were based is not given.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1932, Page 5
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174OUTLAY ON NAVY Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1932, Page 5
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