AUSTRALIAN NAVY.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright, London, Match 15. Mr Alexander Wilkie, Secretary of the Shipwrights’ Society, in & the course of an interview, said he had no objection to colonial artisans on the Clyde if their object was to learn warship building. It would be many years before Australia could compete in building, but repair yards would probably necessitate many skilled English workmen going to Australia. Received March 16, 8.80 a.m. London, March 15. The contractors expect to begin the Australian destroyers in five weeks.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9395, 16 March 1909, Page 5
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86AUSTRALIAN NAVY. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9395, 16 March 1909, Page 5
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