DEFENCE OF EMPIRE

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19878, 6 May 1936, Page 8

DEFENCE OF EMPIRE

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DOMINIONS’ EXPENDITURE? . 4 BIG EXPANSION, PROGRAMMES. l ' i i POSITION I_\' .\‘E\\' ZEALAND. ‘ 40mm] \Vlreless.) 1 (Received May 6. 3 DJ“) ‘ lii‘iilKY, Man-oh 3. Mr \lnlvnini Muclmnuiil. replying in‘ tho iluuw ni‘ I.nnimnn.~ in n qin‘siion as; 10 tlw nmnnrsi- in \\hil'h lin' Dulllini‘HlS were l‘\]I;III'|lllL: Hli‘ii‘ ili‘i‘vin'u Yuri-vs, Mild [lint \\iili l'i‘L‘dl'il lo ilzinmln he undPi'Mnml iim‘vnm- nun-nilni'c in 1913-3—33 bhowwl :In lllt'l'L‘Jlst' ul‘ over 2,500,000 (10”qu vonuun‘u-il \\ii-li the expenditure: in Dl'L“iuus wars. and “lib cxpondilum‘ M'as lining Kt‘lli‘l'nil} Iliililllilinl'tl in the Current your, \\'illi aUllle further in-‘ “Tune for HIP .\ii' l-‘ul‘i'tk 'l‘hc Atlanaiiinn Government was en.‘ [aged in carrying out in three years” progrannnc or dcl‘eni'c vxpunsion. which “'11.; due to 1m i'nniniclvd zit the (‘lhl inf the flnani-iul )mr 19:36—37. The total cost \\zis nnnlcrsluml to he in the‘ region of £2o.oooiolio. i .\ new (iomrnincnt had recentlyi taken omcu in Mm chland, and from‘ the speculum» \\nii-h innl been reported it \\onhl unm-iir Hmt Minisim-s ihei'e‘ “are van'ei'niiy examining the defence position, 'hnL HIUX'C was no indication yr of \\inii concrete proposals they‘ might lnulic, ‘ l‘l'UpusHls for strengthening [he de-‘ Tom-es n! 50th Africa had recently} Men announced by the Minister of Defl'enue. ‘ Asked whether any of the expend-i Iture was for naval armaments. Mr} MacDonald replied that in the case of} Eusn'alia the main provision was for} aural expenditure, and in the case or! (Ith Africa he understood ' the‘ greater part of the expenditure was for 1 Hr Force expansion. 1 a I