AUSTRALIA.
■COST OP NATvTAL BASE.' . i Melbourne, May 25. Mr. Watt, after visiting the Henderson naval base, stated, that the estimated cost, including accommodation for 2600 men, wireless, gunnery and torpedo schools, hospital and a pit to hold 1000 tons of oil fuel from which warships would be supplied by gravitation, would be £1,000,000. PROPOSED SHIPBUILDING CONFERENCE. ■•■.■■.:■■:: Melbourne, May' 25. Mr. Hughes states that the chief problem in. connection with the proposal to build standardised ships in Australia is labor. Everything'requisite can be constructed- here, if the necessary labor is available; .ii ~•■■■•*..: .. ••■' * jA conference : of the. ■unions interested in shipbuilding will be called at the earliest possible-date*.Co--discuss the matter. ENEMY GOODS. Melbourne, May 25. Mr. Hughes, after constantly "'extending the final date of sale of enemy goods, has now fixed the.end of June.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 May 1917, Page 5
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133AUSTRALIA. Taranaki Daily News, 26 May 1917, Page 5
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