NAVAL DEFENCE.
j Already we have a seaborne~com- ! merce worth nearly £40,000,000 annually, and any interference with the maritime trade routes in time of war would be disastrous to to us. Cut off 1,200 miles of water from cooperation with her nearest naighbour, New Zealand has a serious problem to face, and it will not help the solution of this problem to talk, as the Prime Minister is inclined to talk, about submarines as "squirts" and torpedo boats as toys. New Zealand has to discover the most economical and most effective means of defending its coastal towns : and its local waters against possible attack, and we anticipate, remarks the "Southland Times," that this necessity will be impressed upon Sir Joseph Ward at the Naval Conference. The Prime Minister's first speech on the naval question after 1 his return from London will be awaited with unusual interest.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9550, 24 July 1909, Page 4
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146NAVAL DEFENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9550, 24 July 1909, Page 4
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