§ MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the cordite required by the Australian and China squadrons will be obtained in Australia in the future.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe circumstances have not changed since this question was considered in 1904, when a decision was reached that the colonial requirements and those of the Navy were not sufficient to justify the expense of establishing a cordite factory in Australia.