DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA
! COMPULSORY TRAINING. . Melbourne, February 2. ' Mr. Andrew Fisher, Federal Premier, speaking at the Australian Nativesdinner, said Australians must practically! rely on themselves for defence in co-operation with the Mother Country. Thev could not have efficient sea defence unless they had the Navy controlled, by their own people in co-opera-tion with Britain. Speaking m regard . to military defence, he said that lie was • entirely in favour of compulsory training.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 8, 3 February 1909, Page 3
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78DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 8, 3 February 1909, Page 3
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