THE BRITISH NAVY.
M-;XT YKAK'S PUOIiUAMMti. Keeeived 3, 10.18 p.m. U>adou, Februury 5. Navy circles state that the Admiralty will be asked by Cabinet lo Jay the kceU of six Dreaduoughts during the coining year. I WAIUAItAPA'S ENTERPRISE.
MON K TO PKKSKN f A BATTLESHIP TO BRITAIN. By Telegraph,—Preai Association. Masterton, Last Night. The visit of Lieut Knox to Masterton has elicited a good deal of sympathy, with the objects of the Navy League, and a sub-branch of Wellington i« en--1 deavoring to create a widespread inter* est in the movement. Mr. A. P. Whatmuisi, a w<ll-known Wairnrapu settler, has entered into a legal bond to con - * tribute £IOOO towards the cost of a battleship to l>e called the "Abbots* ford," the name of Mr. Whatman's ata* iion, and to he presented to the British iNavy. The estimated cost is about ft imillioii pounds. It is understood that a i number of wealthy settlers are beioaj approached, and that other large subfl -script ions may be announced shortly, J
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19090206.2.18.9
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 11, 6 February 1909, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
169THE BRITISH NAVY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 11, 6 February 1909, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in