UNITED STATES.
BIG WARSHIF BUILDING PROGRAMME. Australian-New Zealand .?able Association.—Copyright. Received July 2, .">."> p.m. New York, .Inly 1. The Naval Appropriation Hill nag been reported in the Senate. Tt authorises £(i1,000,000 for the year. i'fI.OOO.JOC more than the original programme, The building increases, which were originally for five years, and will be carried out in three, include ten battleships, four to be begun immediately; six battle-cruis-ers, ten scout cruisers, fifty lestroyers, nine fleet submarines (three of them 800-touners) and twelve other submarines. The new units total 157, of which (14 are to bo started without delay. A bonus of twenty per cent, over contract rates is to ho offered for expeditious delivery, tt is estimated that the expenditure during the next three years will"total £100,000,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 July 1916, Page 5
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125UNITED STATES. Taranaki Daily News, 3 July 1916, Page 5
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