OUTER SEAS NAVY.
AUSTRALIA'S POLICY
By Telegraph.—Press Association.-Copyrinii I, Melbourne, Thursday.
In the Senate, Senator Pearco, Minister of Defence, said that the Government had reached a definite conclusion regarding representation in Australia on the Defence Committee. They favoured full conferences of representatives of the United Kingdom and the Dominions not leas frequently than every two years, meeting in the Dominions whenever possible, with subsidiary conferences dealing with particular matters when necessary. The Government also favoured periodical visits of British Ministers to the Dominions. Senator Pearce addded that the Government was not corresponding with the British Government regarding representation on the lines of Canada or on other lines.
LOCAL NAVIES
NEW ZEALAND'S GIFT
London, Thursday
Sir Newton Moore, Agent-General for West Australia, in addressing the Imperial mission upon Empire Unity in defence of commerce, said that the establishment of a local navy was the only possible policy for Australia. The tendency of the policy of contributing warships to the Imperial navy might be to relieve tho British taxpayer without strengthening the Empire.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 526, 14 December 1912, Page 5
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171OUTER SEAS NAVY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 526, 14 December 1912, Page 5
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