AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE.
THE. YELLOW PERIL.
NECESSITY FOR PREPAREDNESS,
SYDNEY, June 9
, Lord Den/irian, opened* a Small Arms Factory. Cbmmiewting on the preparedness for defence, he said .that ■ Australia', with her wide territories and sparse population., ihad powerful neighbours with populations, who would he bnly too glad to get hold of Australia, if by war they could do so. The H?on. G. F. peairce, Minister of Defence, ,said that Australia must have a defence ifdrce and not a sham. It would prove costly, 'but he believed that ,the people were prepared fo'r tlie cost. On the previous day, he said, the first cordite had ibeen turned out in Australia. They would hire tho plant to make the guns to use the ■cordite.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10655, 10 June 1912, Page 5
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121AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10655, 10 June 1912, Page 5
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