BRITAIN'S NAVY.
THE LATEST DREADNOUGHT. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright London, September 30. The Duchess of Albany successfully launched the Neptune (the eighth Dreadnought) at Portsmouth. Colon) vl wine was used at tlio christening cere-, mony. The Neptune is understood to be so heavily armored as to be unrfinkable by tlio explosion of it torpedo beneath Uie vessel.
NEW ZEALAND'S ARRANGEMENT. SYDNEY PRESS VIEVVS. Received 2, 0.45 a.m. Sydney, October I. The Daily Telegraph states that Sir Joseph Ward's exposition of the new naval agreement shows he has courageously followed the lines of the Empire naval policy. Referring to Australia's locally controlled force, the paper says; "A nice figure any such little squadron would cut against any Power that could break through the British Navy."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 204, 2 October 1909, Page 2
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123BRITAIN'S NAVY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 204, 2 October 1909, Page 2
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