THE DEFENCE CONFERENCE.
AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVE. Received June 10, 10.15 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 10. Colonel Foxton, Honorary Minister in the Federal Cabinet, has been selected to represent Australia at the Imperial Conference on Defence. There will be no second representative. COLONEL FOXTON'S VIEWS. Received June 10, 11.55 p.m. MELBOURNE, June 10. Colonel Foxton, who represents the Commonwealth at the Defence Conference, yays that he is in favour of a vigorous policy of naval and military defence in Australia, ihe naval side at present is first in importance. Every Australian aspires to see his country make a beginning in the construction of a local navy and in the fulness of time they may boast of a navy, but for many years they must be dependent on the British Navy. He would not reduce, but rather increase, the present subsidy. These were, however, his personal views. He had yet to discuss with his colleagues the policy to be placed before the Conference.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3212, 11 June 1909, Page 5
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159THE DEFENCE CONFERENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3212, 11 June 1909, Page 5
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