The British Navy.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4450, 17 August 1909, Page 2

The British Navy.

Lo' don, August 15. The “Times” considers the re P° rt the sub-Committees has lowered the public estimate of Lord Beresfords iudo-ment. Some Unionist papers mamtain 5 that the condition of the navy during the period under review was shown to be unsatisfactory. They point out, moreover that every member m cne sub-committee is a memba”' of tne Government. .*• _ The “ Ch/onfcle ” says that nothing could be/ompleter than the vindication of the Admiralty, yet something is amiss* Firstly the uncertainty about a policy, saconcly personal feuds which, if co ‘ tinued would threaten more dangert to the country than any o i Beresforl imagined. , 1 , London, August 15. The Nev York “ Tribune ” states that Geo. Yon L. Meyer (Secretary to tne Navy) is considering the construe 10n a 30,000 ten battleship. The General Navy Board recommends this type, a and it is exWcted that the construe i of tta first Will be authorised by the next Naval Appropriation Bill.