Mr. Joseph A. Lyons, Prime Mi ter of Australia, urged the strengthening of Australia's defences in a speech today.
Reviewing the central European developments, he declared that "any country which hàs a weak defence is in à perilous position today. The defence of Australia, therefore, has of supreme concern He announced that the Government had decided on increasing the annual expenditure for the improvement of Australia's defences by £2,500,000 yearly for the next three years to 1£26,000,000 annually, but even this sum "may not be sufficient."—United Press.
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