NAVY EXPENDITURE
£76,000,000 ASKED FROM U.S. CONGRESS
CRUISER CONSTRUCTION
Reccl. 11 a.m. WASHINGTON, Wed. A total of £70,078,505 was asked of Congress for the navy, an increase of £32,790,800 over that of 1928. Alterations to battleships, increased navy pay, and other improvements caused the increase. Dealing with the cruiser construction procedure and programme, President Hoover said: —- “For the 15 cruisers and one air-craft-carrier authorised in February, 1929, provision is made to carry forward the work on the two cruisers already laid down, for three cruisers and the aircraft-carrier to be laid down late in the fiscal year 1930, and for the remaining ten cruisers to be commenced late in the fiscal year.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 838, 5 December 1929, Page 9
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112NAVY EXPENDITURE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 838, 5 December 1929, Page 9
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