NAVY FOR AUSTRALIA.
DISCOURAGING THE PROPOSAL. THE CAUSE CHAMPIONED. Received 10, 10.5 p.m. i London, December 16. Addressing the annual meeting of the British Empire League at tha Mansion House, Sir Reginald Talbot remarked it was a thousand pities if the growing feeling in favor of an Australian squadron was discouraged, since such a pro-" vision would leave the Imperial Navy, free to defend the Empire, unhampered by considerations of the local defence ol Australia. They were under a deep debt of gratitude to the Commonwealth Parliament for recognising the principle that every able-bodied man should qualify to defend his country.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 302, 17 December 1908, Page 2
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101NAVY FOR AUSTRALIA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 302, 17 December 1908, Page 2
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