SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE
NAVAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
DISCUSSED IN ASSEMBLY.
(Received Last Night, 10.45 o'clock.)
CAPETOWN, March 27
Major Silbuni's motion in favour of a contribution to the British Navy, calculated on the value of South Africa's seaborne trade, 'has been rejected by 56 votes to 35. •
The Ho,n. T. Smartt suggested .a contribution of £500;000 annually.
Mr Smuts stated that the Defence Bill Cost £T;172,000, being £320,000 more than was previously estimated. The time, he said, was not ripe for arriving at a definite conclusion in regard to the Union's contribution to the Navy.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10594, 28 March 1912, Page 5
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93SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10594, 28 March 1912, Page 5
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