Chapter 167 The First Batch of College Students Graduated

On July 4, 1903, several transport ships loaded with weapons and equipment departed from the port of Sydney, Australia, with the goal of heading directly to the island country.

What was loaded here was part of the content of the Australia-Island Treaty, including 20,000 Gew98 rifles, 100 German Maxim heavy machine guns, 15 105mm Krupp howitzers and millions of bullets and tens of thousands of shells.

Of course, a large number of bullets and shells are still being manufactured. Judging from Australia's current military strength, being able to produce so many weapons and equipment is already considered overtime.

It took less than half a month for this batch of weapons and equipment to be successfully delivered to the port of the island country, and Arthur also successfully obtained the final payment from the island country.

The total amount of the order for the entire arms trade was as high as nearly 2 million pounds, and the price of the battleship alone was as high as more than 1 million pounds.

Of course, the delivery of the battleship will have to wait until next year, and the entire construction time will take at least more than a year.

Australia's total profit from the transaction of this batch of weapons and warships with the island country was as high as more than 700,000 pounds.

Although more than half of the profits belonged to Arthur's military factory, that is, the royal consortium, nearly half of the profits still belonged to the Australian government.

Although the Australian government's income was less than 300,000 pounds, it was a huge improvement for Australia, which had no income from military industry before.

On September 4, 1903, another batch of weapons and equipment also departed from Sydney Port, escorted by a number of transport ships and several warships, but the destination was no longer the previous island country, but the Russian Empire, which had severe friction with the island country in the Far East.

For reasons of confidentiality, this batch of weapons and equipment was disguised as clothing and food on the surface, and was transported to the port controlled by the Russian Empire in a very low-key manner.

Although the number of these weapons and equipment is almost half of that of the island country's weapons and equipment, no one can deny the lethality and power that these heavy firepower weapons can bring.

If the island country is not fully prepared, these new heavy weapons of the Russian Empire may give the island country a good drink. Although it will not completely reverse the situation of the war, there is still hope to change a small war.

Although the arms trade in the Russian Empire was not as profitable as that in the island countries, it also brought tens of thousands of pounds of profit to Australia.

These two arms trades are also the two main arms trades in Australia. After all the orders from the island countries and the Russian Empire were completed, Australia's military factories could only provide weapons for the country.

During this period, there was another good news for Australia, that is, the first batch of college students of the Australian National University had successfully graduated and entered various industries in Australia.

Although the first batch of college students of the Australian National University entered school more than a month later than later, this did not prevent them from graduating successfully three years later.

The first batch of college students involved a total of five majors, among which the more important mechanical majors and physical chemistry majors had 200 college students respectively, which were also the two departments with the most college students in the Australian National University so far.

Next are the architecture major and the medical major. The architecture major is also commonly known as civil engineering, which studies how to design and build. Needless to say, the medical major can provide Australia with urgently needed medical talents, and these talents will also provide strong manpower for many large hospitals in Australia.

The major with the least enrollment is literature. There were only 100 students in the first class of literature majors, and even now the total number of literature students in all Australian universities is less than 500.

But literature students still have many important uses for Australia. All the immigrants and native Australians that Arthur hopes to see united will rely on the pens and mouths of these literature students.

Don't underestimate the guiding role of writers in the public's thoughts. As long as these people publish their articles about the Australian nation in various newspapers crazily, there will always be many Australians who will see and gradually believe and recognize them.

The graduation of this class of college students has brought the most changes to Australia in industry and medicine.

With 150 medical graduates, all major hospitals in Australia have basically been put into operation. Except for some particularly important positions that are occupied by foreign experts, other positions are basically mastered by these medical graduates.

Many graduates of mechanical and physical chemistry majors were invited to Arthur's military factories and shipyards, as well as various factories and laboratories built in industrial zones.

They are crucial to Australia's scientific research strength. Although they are not decisive leaders, they can also become a very good backbone force.

The enrollment of the Australian National University has been declining over the years. Except for the first batch of college students with a scale of 800 people, the second batch of college students only had 600 people, and the third and fourth batches currently have only 500 people.

This also leads to the fact that after the graduation of the first batch of college students, the scale of teachers and students of the Australian National University is only less than 1,700.

Although the scale of college students has decreased compared with before, the teaching efficiency of teachers will also be improved accordingly.

With the graduation of one batch of college students after another, Australia's relatively scarce backbone talents can finally be filled. On the basis of attracting top scientists with the Victoria Award, Australia's middle and lower-level scientists can finally develop.

On September 13, 1903, after presiding over the opening ceremony of the fourth Australian National University, Arthur received a request from the new cabinet government to hold a cabinet meeting, so he rushed to the government building and attended the first large cabinet meeting of the second cabinet government.

The place where the meeting was held was also the place where the cabinet election was held, but it seemed a little empty at this time, with only eleven cabinet members and Arthur.

"Prime Minister Evan, tell me! About the purpose of holding this large cabinet meeting." Arthur asked.

The prime minister can hold a small cabinet meeting alone, attended by all cabinet members, and then only needs to report all the results of the meeting to Arthur.

Of course, this kind of cabinet meeting cannot decide major events related to Australia. His purpose is only to let the cabinet deal with some political problems and difficulties encountered in daily life.

There is only one reason for holding a large cabinet meeting, that is, Arthur must be present to decide major events related to Australia's political situation.

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