Chapter 154 Naval Parade

"My beloved people, 1902 has passed and was an important year for Australia. We opened a small stretch of railway, built more industrial areas and factories, expanded our army and navy, and even For the first time, we exported our mineral resources and various weapons and equipment, including warships." When the crowd's cheers stopped again, Arthur began his speech.

"In terms of people's livelihood, we have built more hospitals and schools to ensure the medical and educational foundation for more people. At the same time, our various construction plans have also created a large number of jobs. In just one year, we have More than 30,000 Australians found jobs suitable for them. From the beginning of 1902 to the end of 1902, our per capita annual income increased by a full two pounds, reaching a level of more than twelve pounds. This figure is more than that since the establishment of the Principality of Australia. It has been raised by a full four pounds, so that everyone's living standards are guaranteed to a certain extent." Arthur said with pride.

Although this number is not comparable to that of European countries, it has improved a lot compared to Australia's own situation.

As a country with a very similar background and similar geographical location to Australia, New Zealand's per capita annual income has remained at around 11 pounds, and has been overtaken by Australia.

At this point, the applause and cheers from the audience couldn't stop, and people started shouting again to express their joy.

After waiting quietly for a while, Arthur continued: "Today, I am very happy to stand with everyone and watch Australia's second military parade since the founding of the country and the first military parade of the navy."

"As a huge island country, the navy is extremely important to Australia. Due to various reasons, Australia does not have battleships for the time being. But please rest assured that this situation is only temporary and must change. The Australian Navy I imagine is With a world-class navy with many strong fleets of battleships, we are still a long way from that goal, but I am confident and convinced that Australia can do it," Arthur said with a smile.

Although Australia has no plans to expand battleships in the short term, comfort of appropriateness is still necessary.

After all, things about the dreadnought cannot be explained clearly. Arthur can't tell everyone mysteriously that in the next few years a powerful warship will be born that will completely make the current battleships obsolete!

Under such a premise, it is the best choice not to expand the navy in battleships but to keep people's hope for the navy.

After hearing Arthur's vision for the future of the Australian Navy, most Australians still have hope.

After all, it is well known that Australia has mastered the construction technology of battleships. In the eyes of many Australians, the reason why Australia has not started a battleship construction plan is simply because the economy cannot keep up for the time being.

When Australia's economic construction develops, the government will naturally start building battleships. Australia's navy will become world-class.

In the stands, some officials from New Zealand also showed envious looks. Like the last military parade, these people were New Zealand colonial government officials who came to participate in the Australian military parade after being invited.

Since Arthur established the political suffrage group in New Zealand and gained the allegiance of the Alliance Party, the connection between New Zealand and Australia has become closer. Not only do some New Zealanders choose to come to Australia to work, New Zealanders also choose to come to Australia to work. The economic exchanges between the colonial government of Holland and the government of the Principality of Australia also began to gradually become more active.

This was a situation Arthur was happy to see. The exchanges between Australia and New Zealand are becoming more and more smooth, and the merger of Australia and New Zealand will be even smoother in the future.

The reasons that prompt some New Zealanders to come to Australia to work are not only the lack of jobs in New Zealand, but also the fact that the salary of new jobs in Australia significantly exceeds the per capita annual income of New Zealand, and various welfare policies are It's better, and there will never be any salary deductions.

In addition, New Zealand and Australia have the same roots, the same culture, the same language, and even the same origin, so many New Zealanders do not reject traveling to Australia.

Another thing is that New Zealand and Australia are not far apart. Currently, the only way to communicate between the two regions is by sea, which takes about two to three days.

Will this take long? Not very long actually.

For those New Zealanders who come to Australia for work, they can also take leave at any time and return to New Zealand in two or three days.

Because Arthur specifically ordered the governments on both sides, neither Australia nor New Zealand will stop these people traveling between the two regions.

According to the 1902 report, economic exchanges between New Zealand and Australia almost tripled in 1902, with the total import and export trade between Australia and New Zealand reaching more than 40,000 pounds.

Of course, a large part of this is Australian exports to New Zealand. Some of Australia's preliminary industrial products flowed into New Zealand, occupying part of the New Zealand market.

New Zealand is relatively developed in agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as some mineral resources.

But these are not scarce in Australia, and are even very rich in resources for export. This has also led to a trade deficit between Australia and New Zealand, with New Zealand importing almost all Australian goods.

This is also good news for Australia. The more New Zealand's economy relies on Australia, the closer the two regions will be integrated in the future.

This was the intention of inviting officials from the New Zealand colonial government for two consecutive military parades. Only if these people could clearly see the changes in Australia would they imagine that such changes would also happen in New Zealand.

In order to better spread what they saw to New Zealand, the officials invited to each military parade belonged to different factions.

These officials can basically be divided into four factions. Some are officials from the original colonial government, officials belonging to the New Zealand Labor Party and the Alliance Party, and officials belonging to the military forces.

Arthur now basically controls officials of the New Zealand colonial government and officials affiliated with the Union Party.

With the supervision of officials from these two factions, it is believed that what these New Zealand officials saw and heard will be spread the next day after they return to New Zealand.

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