DEFENCE ESTIMATES.
Armament Increases In England. Press Association—Copyright. London, February 15. The Morning- Post says the defence estimates- for 1937-38 will show a vast increase on the expenditure for 1937378 and are expected to approximate the following figures: Navy £llO,000,000 to £120,000,000; Air Force, £50,000,000; Army, £57,000,000. It is conservatively estimated that | the navy shipbuilding programme | will provide two or three capital i ships, six cruisers, 18 destroyers, six ; to eight submarines, and a number or i sloops, minesweepers and other small ’ craft, and possibly one aircraft carrier. The provision for the fleet air arm will certainly show a large increase. Three aircraft carriers are being built, for which 200 machines are required in the next two years, in j addition bo normal TepYcK/nenTs. Probably £8,400,000 will be required for this purpose. A further increase in man-power is' also necessary probably not fewer than 6000 men.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 361, 16 February 1937, Page 7
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146DEFENCE ESTIMATES. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 361, 16 February 1937, Page 7
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