THE BRITISH NAVY
AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL. '(Received Last Night, 9.50 o'clock.) LONDON. February 15. Several. South African politicians are in favoour of the Union contributing to the Imperial Navy an amount equivalent to a certain, percentage on the goods' imported into South Africa, in lieu of preference.". V ; Despite tli/' officials' declaration, newspapers p> '"'erally believe that the proposal to substitute a defence contribution for preference will be .discussed. The Westminster Gazette states that if the British Treasury got-an equivalent sum, the Empire, instead of special manufacturers, would benefit. The Times' Capetown correspondent declares that the" true substitution would be discussed. It was deemed expedient to omit preference from the agenda. There was a growing feeling among , the leaders.of'both sides, that unless reciprocal 1 concessions were made, the preference would be unlikely to be permanent.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10166, 16 February 1911, Page 5
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135THE BRITISH NAVY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10166, 16 February 1911, Page 5
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