IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
THE AUSTRALIAN DESTROYERS. . TO BE COMMENCED IN FIVE J WEEKS. '.United Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, March 15. The contractors expect to begin the -construction of the Australian destroyers in five weeks’ time. the cost of battleships. THE NAVAL PROGRAMME—CONFLICTING OPINIONS. (Received March 16, 10.7 p.m.) LONDON, March 16. Official figures show that the battleship Vanguard cost £1,624.878, at the rate of £B4 per ton,, -compared with the .Dreadnought £IOO, the King Ed ware, VII. £S9. the latest Trench battleship posting £ll4,- the German £lOl, the United States £IOO per ton. The members of the House of Commons Navy Committee, inc-uding Liberal Imperialists and Conservatives, have resolved that seven Dreadnoughts are necessary in the coming year, another to be added if found necessary, and that the postponement o? the building of four would place an undue strain on the 1910-1911 programme.
The Reduction of Armament Com--4 mittec resolved that any incioaso in the Navy Estimates is inexpedient.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2452, 17 March 1909, Page 5
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158IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2452, 17 March 1909, Page 5
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