ANOTHER DREADNOUGHT.
FOR AUSTRAL!AX FLEET. DEFENCE OF THE PACIFIC. DESTROYERS AND SUBMARINES. A BOLD POLICY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 1, 12.55 a.m. Melbourne, March 31. Mr. Fisher, in a policy speech, sprang ] a great surprise by announcing that I the Government, having carefully eon-1 sidered the naval strength in the Pa- j eific, had decided to lay down immedi- J i ately another Dreadnought, three de-11 stroyers, aiw three or four submarines, j all of greatly improved types. The de- 1 signs for these are already prepared at ; the Navy Office. ] Mr.. Fisher strongly defended Aus- | tralia's naval policy, and quoted the < following figures to prove that Aus- i tralia alone among all the Dominions is taking defence seriously:— , ANNUAL EXPENDITURE PER HEAD f ■ ON DEFENCE,. £ s, d. j •Great Britain 11l 7 J , 1 Australia 1 I 2 New Zealand Oil 2 South Africa 0 <5 2 ( Canada 0 (i 2 ( | Newfoundland 00 3 ( The new programme will be spread | over three years. These vessels are dis- s tinct from those under construction. j
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 215, 1 April 1913, Page 5
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175ANOTHER DREADNOUGHT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 215, 1 April 1913, Page 5
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