AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE BILL.
TRUE NATIONAL SECURITY. 'THE ROAD BRITAIN SHOULD TAKE. Received October 1, 8.30 a.m. LONDON, September 30. The "Evening Standard" declares that the Australian .Defence Bill shows the road Great Britain ought to take in order to secure true national security. The "Pall Mall Gazette" says: " Britain ought to listen timeously to i.the voice of common prudence, since ,har danger is infinitely nearer than Australia's." THE PROPOSED NAVY] [Received October X, .8.45 .a.m. MELBOURNE, October 1. .In the Federal House of Representatives, in reply to Questions, the • J rime Minister fMr Deakin) stated that the Government regarded the Admiralty's despatch as a <?reat advance towards the acceptance of the Commonwealth naval proposals. There is a scrorig feeling in the Fseleral Labour party that those serving in the National -Guard should receive payment for the time Spent in training. An effort .is ib<jing made to have this principle engrafted in the Bill.
The measure provides for the gradual .extinction of the . present! militia iorce in three years.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3007, 2 October 1908, Page 5
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168AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE BILL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3007, 2 October 1908, Page 5
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