FRENCH NAVY
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TWO WARSHIPS AUTHORISED.
A BIG PROGRAMME.
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.)
PARIS, February 25. The Chamber of Deputies, by 461 votes to 76, authorised the construction of two 23,500-ton battleships. M. Decasse, Minister for War, stated that the programme provided for the construction of a permanent fleet oi twenty-eight battleships, with an age limit of twenty years. The fleet is estimated to cost over £54,000,000, and the period of construction will be spread over ten years.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10175, 27 February 1911, Page 5
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87FRENCH NAVY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10175, 27 February 1911, Page 5
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