BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
THE NAVY ESTIMATES.
DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Received March 11, 8.12 a.m. LONDON, March 10. In the House of Commons, during 3 debate on the Navy Estimates, Mr E. Robertson, Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, referring to the new type of ships, said the worst that could happen would be that Gemany and France together in 1910 might, Hn the event of certain accelerations, -thave twelve battleships and cruisers to our twelve, but early in 1.911 they would have twelve and Britain fourteen. Mr Balfour emphasised that in January, 1911, Britain would have eight Dreadnoughts and four battleships of the Invincible type against Germany's nine vessels of the newest type, dtid that by the autumn of 1911 Germany would have four additional, or thirteen to Britain's twelve. The vote fixing the navy personnel at 128,000 men was agreed to. An amendment, moved by Mr J.. A Murrav Macdonald, Liberal member for Falkirk Burghs, in favour of a reduction by -8,000 men, was negatived without division.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9046, 12 March 1908, Page 5
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169BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9046, 12 March 1908, Page 5
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