AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.
[ QUESTION IN THE COMMONS. 1 (Received Julv 8,-Lip.ni.) " LONDON, July 7. Sir Gilbert Parker (Unionist) in the House of Commons, enquired whether Australia had accepted Admiral sjj; Reginald Headersoa'a hi part j or in ite_ entirety ou Au.;t-.".l{an r.aval defences.. ,He asfed hr details of construction, .extent of personnel of the) Australian fleet, annual cost. and also of the the small arm s factory, and thf» l.nvitl college. He also, he said, had a question relating to' naval works fit Montreal. . ' Mr Churchill first Lord of the Admiralty, replied tii-.it those were j the first questions of the sort asked ! since he had been in office; therefore he \ was'lwund to .niake it 'clear-thai the Admiralty.-was not m a position to reply to "questions.,, regarding an /oversew Dominion's••JTa.vy..'" If members of the House of-Commons assumed such a position they might easily give offence.—(Cheers.)
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 10 July 1913, Page 6
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144AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 10 July 1913, Page 6
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