COMMONWEALTH DEFENCE.
SPEECH BY A LABOR MINISTER. <S> PROPOSED ABANDONMENT OF NAVAL SUBSIDY. United Press Association—Copyright. PERTH, April 30. The . Minister for Home Affairs, defending Mr Fisher’s naval defence, proposals, advocated abandoning the n»val subsidy and Australia . initiating her own defence on the ocean, because the spirit of self-reliance cannot coexist with the"spirit of dependence, because we have no control over ships subsidised, because in the event of war the Australian squadron wound leave our sens unprotected, and the subsidy wouldbleed Australia of .millions and leave her unprotected in. the hour Oi -cm-
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2490, 1 May 1909, Page 5
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93COMMONWEALTH DEFENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2490, 1 May 1909, Page 5
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