THE CHINA-MAIL, MAY 5, 1989.
Japan's New Battleships To Be Over 42,000 Tons
KING AND QUEEN
MAY RETURN IN "BRITAIN"
LONDON, TO-DAY.
THE KING AND QUEEN, WHO
AMERICA TO BUILD 45,000 TON
SHIPS IN REPLY
Washington, To-day.
START . FOR CANADA ON Admiral Leahy, Chief of Staff, testifying before the
SATURDAY IN THE "EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA," WILL MAKE THE RETURN JOURNEY FROM AMERICA ON BOARD ANOTHER CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMER.
Immediately after her arrival in Canada, the "Empress of Australia" will resume her scheduled trans- Atlantic service.
It is believed the King Queen will return to Europe
and
House of Representatives appropriations com- mittee, which approved the naval estimates of $770,000,000, declared:
IRONSIDE-
VISITING
MOROCCO
Gibraltar, To-day.
The commander of British forces at Gibraltar has been ap- pointed Deputy Governor during the temporary absence of Gener- al Sir Edmund Ironside.
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General Ironside is paying one of his periodical visits to Gen- eral Nogues, military comman-
Bulletin
"The prospect of international disturbance in thedor in French Morocco-Reuter
near future makes imperative a United States complete naval rearmament programmė at all possible speed.”
OnAdmiral Leahy paid particular attention to the fu- ture plans of Italy, Germany and Japan. The committee decided to reject of two
the "Empress of Britain.”—Trans- Ocean.
AMERICAN COAL STRIKE THREAT
New York, To-day.
45,000-ion battleships, 21
a request for funds to start work other warships and 500 planes.
naval bases in the Pacific Admiral Leahy said Japan
on
islands of Wake, Midway, Palmyra and Johnston, but approved other bases in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Florida and Oregon.
The Navy now
was building three battleships of between 42,000 and 46,000 tona.
"My opinion is that we shall not consists of 340] accomplish any approach to which warships, with an air fleet of 1,454 equality without building these the planes. A further 144 warships 45,000 ton ships and starting them an- and 650 planes are under construc-| this year."
tion or contemplated.
The battleships, which will be launched in 1943, will cost $93,000,- 000 each and will be armed with
Reuter.
The joint sub-committee is negotiating settlement of Appalachian coal strike has nounced failure to agree.
This indicates that no step will be taken to countermand the earlier strike order calling out 150,000
estimates include | 16-inch guns. miners in these regions by mid-funds for a start on construction night.-Reuter.
TWO 45,000-TON SHIPS The naval
ciated with the Premier, Mr. |Stauning, says:
DENMARK TO STAY "Denmark intends to
NEUTRAL
Copenhagen, To-day.
The newspaper
mokraten," which is closely asso-Ocean.
or
remain
TRAFFIC CASES
a
ITALY DOES NOT WANT WAR OVER POLAND
Paris, To-day. Commenting on the forthcoming and meeting between the German Italian Foreign Ministers, the Rome correspondent of "Le Temps" voices he opinion that Herr von Ribben- trop and Count Ciano will seek to discover a basis for a uniform po- powers towards licy by the axis Poland.
According to the correspondent, the Italian Government's policy can- not fail be influenced by Italy's traditional friendship with Poland. Italy does not want to go to war over Poland, but Herr von Ribbentrop will consequently make every effort to win Count Ciano's support for per- the German standpoint, and suade him of the necessity for common action by the Axis powers. -Trans-Ocean.
neutral in all conflicts, and de- sires that any questions at issue between herself and other coun- Mr. D. M. A. Razack, of No. 2 tries shali be settled by negotia-] Fort Street, was cautioned by Mr.
the Trans- R. A. D. Forrest at
Central arbitration." "Social De- tions
Magistracy this morning when he was summoned for disobeying traffic signal at the junction of
and Leighton Hill Road
Caroline Hill Road, on April 16.
Defendant said that he did not see the traffic officer in the road, and his full attention was on a Chinese couple walking out from the bus
A medicine dealer, Chan Leung- stop as he was turning in to the shun, residing in an unnumbered Indian Recreation Club.
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A fine of $10 was imposed on P. K. H. Ehrhardt, of Jardine's Bungalow, East Point, for speeding in Hennessy Road, on April 16.
Sergeant Sargeant prosecuted.
PEPPER ATTACK
his
house in Ng Kai Chi, Kam Tin, informed the Police that about 7 p.m. last night, he was walking in a road near Kam Tin, about 400 yards from his house, with female employee Chik Mui, 37, Sud- denly five unknown Chinese at- tacked them with pepper from be- He and the woman were
The men escaped with a sum of
DANGEROUS CARGO hind
searched.
BIG CHINESE WEDDING
A fine of $25 or
three months' | $161, hard labour, was imposed on Pang Shek, 44, steersman of junk T1076H, by Mr. T. J. Houston at the Cen- tral Magistracy this morning, for anchoring with 429 tins of kerosene on board at other than a Dangerous Goods Anchorage.
numbers
Over a thousand guests assembled at the Haw-Par Mansion at Tal
Inspector Russell said that the Hang yesterday afternoon to wit- junk was lying among a
ness the marriage between Mr. Aw Aw Boon-Haw, Hoe, son of Mr. of other junks in Shaukiwan har-
Singapore millionaire, and Miss bour. The kerosene was found on
Chan Sau vung
board during a routine search by Sergeant J. Matthews, yesterday.
Among the prominent guests were General Wu Te-chen, former Gov- ernor of Kwangtung and Mr. Hou Shi-ying, former Ambassador to
WEYGAND IN Japan.
BUCHAREST
Bucharest, To-day. General Weygand; former, French Chief of General staff, arrived here yesterday by air from Istanbul,
The newly-weds will leave shortly for the South Sea for their honey- moon.
Pak Mo-shum, of Noll, Princes Terrace, has reported the theft money and clothing, valued at $105, between 1 and 7 a.m. yesterday.