IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
AN ADMIRAL’S PROTEST.
AGAINST EMPLOYERS’ WANT OF PATRIOTISM. United Press Association— Copyright BRISBANE, August 12. Admiral Poore, in a speech at the Agricultural Show, appealed to employers to grant those who passed into the reserve 14 days for annual training. He regretted to say the attitude of employers was not satisfactory, and men trained for the navy declined to enter the naval reserve on taking up civil life, because they found a disinclination on the part of employers to allow the time necessary for training.
THE ADDITIONAL DREAD* NOUGHTS. TO BE BUILT BY CONTRACT. LONDON, August 12. Mr. McKenna has announced that the four additional Dreadnoughts will be' built by contract.
THE NAVY LEAGUE.
TO BE REORGANISED ON DEMOCRATIC LINES.
(Received August 12, 11.55 p.m.)
The Navy League is being reorganised on democratic lines, with a nominal subscription. The League intends to form a limited company and become an, unregistered society like the National Service League.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2579, 13 August 1909, Page 5
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158IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2579, 13 August 1909, Page 5
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