AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.
United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Sydney', March 3, Mr Reid, speaking on Defence, ridiculed an Australian navy and declared there was no necessity for compulsory [military training. His policy for the next ten years would be to make 'forts, with efficient garrisons and officers. He would rather spend £BO.OOO on a military College than on a torpedo destroyer. He would have a zealous cadet movement and a universal system of school drill and the establishment of factories for the manufacture of small arms and ammunition.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9386, 4 March 1909, Page 5
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88AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9386, 4 March 1909, Page 5
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