THE BRITISH NAVY.
THE CONTINGENT DREADNOUGHTS. TO BE COMMENCED IMMEDIATELY. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copvrigut. Received July 20, 10 p.m. LONDON, July 20. "The Times" states that the Government is determined to proceed immediately with the contingent Dreadnoughts. In the House of Commons the Hon. R. McKenna (First Lord of the Ad- | miralty, replying to Mr Craig, said ] that £150,000 would be paid in thirty years at the rate of £5,000 annually to the Auckland dry dock, the subsidy being granted with a view to getting the dock properly equipped. The only other subsidised dock was at Colombo.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9548, 21 July 1909, Page 5
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99THE BRITISH NAVY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9548, 21 July 1909, Page 5
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