THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 6, 1939
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NATIONAL ECONOMY
Important Amendment To Address By Mr.Greenwood
ORGANISATION OF ALL RESOURCES FOR WAR AND PEACE URGED BY LABOUR
London, To-day.
MR. ARTHUR GREENWOOD, Deputy Leader of the NAVAL DOCK
Labour Opposition, moved an amendment to the
SUBMARINE
AT SEA AGAIN
London, To-day.
The British submarine which entered a Norwegian port laft yesterday after its disabled rud- der had been repaired.—Reuter.
address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, FOR HAWAII ROOSEVELT
in the House of Commons yesterday.
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New York, To-day.
The Navy Department is shortly
| transferring to Pearl Habour, the na-
leans.
GESTURE
TO FINLAND
The amendment regretted the absence of proposals for organising to the full our human and mater- ial resources for the effective prosecution of the val base in Hawaii, the huge floating
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
HAS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT war, the provision and maintenance of an ade- dock at present stationed in New Or-
ASKED The dock is 160 metres long and 30
MR. HENRY MORGEN- quate standard of life for all, and for a solution
capable of accom-THAU, SECRETARY OF TREASURY,
THE FINNISH modating vessels of 35,000 tons.TO PLACE on a basis of social justice, of the problems which metres wide and
PAYMENT DUE ON DECEMBER 15 AC- will arise on the return of peace.
INTO THE SUSPENSION COUNT. Sir Samuel Hoare, the Lord Privy Seal, in reply, reviewed Britain's in- dustrial efforts after three months of war.
He said the value of contracts plac- ed for munitions and equipment since the beginning of the war was £195,- No- 000,000, and, in a single week, vember 21 to 28, was £12,000,000.
The number of ordnance fac- torles in production numbered 13, while 16 others were at various stages of complation.
Twenty-three private factories, known as agency factories, had been built or were building.
for
1940.
In regard to tanks and transport, forecasts of the production rate wheeled vehicles for January, were 10 times that for January, 1939. DOUBLING AIRCRAFT OUTPUT Since the beginning of the war the Government had undertaken a gramme which would result in dou- bling the amount of aircraft produc- tion.
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ROYAL NAVY LOSSES IN THIS WAR AND IN
IN THE LAST
London, To-day.
FROM AUGUST 4 TO November 4, 1914, the Royal Navy
lost 22 ships, totalling 125,656 tons.
This figure included five cruisers and one aircraft-carrier
DEBT
Announcing this at his press con- ference yesterday, the President add- ed that when Congress reassembled he would suggest the money be re- turned to Finland for the benefit of the Finnish people.
It might be possible, he added, to make available to Finland some of the United her back payments to States. Reuter.
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(torpedoed), one battleship, one cruiser and eight other SESSION
ships (mined), and three cruisers sunk in action with enemy surface ships.
From September 3 to De- pro-cember 3, 1939, Royal Naval losses amounted to nine ves- sels, totalling 73,886 tons.
We were greatly expanding In the gigantic war effort our pre- vlous programme, and were build. ing 1,000,000 tons of new merchant shipping.
Sir Referring to unemployment, Samuel Joare expressed the opinion that in the early months of 1940 the job would be looking for the man and not the man for the Job.-Reuter..
FIRE DEATH-ROLL STILL RISING
THE
THE DEATHROLL IN SHANGHAI STREET FIRE LAST SUNDAY, NIGHT HAS INCREAS- ED TO 56, INCLUDING DEATHS IN HOSPITAL. THE MAJORITY WERE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
at
Yesterday firemen and sanitary coolies removing the debris No. 480, found 11 charred bodies burnt beyond recognition.
The age and sex of the corpses could also not be ascertained.
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PHILADELPHIA, TO-DAY.
They included two over-age war- ships, the aircraft-carrier Courageous and the battleship Royal Oak, both four of whom were torpedoed, and other ships lost by mines.
Thus the losses at the begin. ning of this war were little more than half the tonnage and than half the number of
as in the same period in last war,
less #hlpa the
The margin of superiority of the Allied fleets is immeasurably greater to-day than in 1914.-Reuter.
NIGHT LIFE RETURNING TO LONDON
LONDON, TO-DAY,
MORE NORMAL NIGHT LIFE IS BEING RESUMED IN LONDON, AND RESTAURANTS, AND CLUBS ARE THE AGAIN CROWDED DESPITE INCONVENIENCES OF BLACK-OUT TRAVELLING.
The reopening for evening enter- tainment during the usual hours of theatres and cinemas has resulted in many new productions, and revivals are being staged.
There were three new productions in the suburbs last night and three are due for presentation in the West End to-night and three more before the end of the week.
Several others will be put on be- A MYSTERY PLANE, EQUIPPED fore Xmas, by when nearly all West WITH A MOTOR FITTED WITH LI-End theatres will have reopened de- QUID COOLING SYSTEM AND Aspite the inconvenience of travelling LARGE NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, in the black-out-British Wireless. IS BEING CONSTRUCTED AT AN UNNAMED PLANE FACTORY;
of
The plane will be able to rise al most vertically and be capable reaching a speed of 643 kilometres.
were revealed at a Some details meeting of the Association of Ameri- can Aviation Engineers -Havas.
Inspector W. R. Chesterwoods, the Police Training principal of School and two Indian Constables, were instrumental in 'putting out a fire which broke out on the verandah of No. 141, Prince | of the first floor
Edward Road, at 7.50 p.m. yesterday.
HIGHER CHINESE POSTAGE COMING
SECRET
London, To-day. Though the date has not been de- cided, the secret session of Parlla- ment demanded by the Labour Party will not last more than a day.
Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime The Chungking correspondent of the
granted the yesterday local "Ta Kung Pao" reports that in- Minister,
supply. ternal postal rates will be increased Labour request for a secret session to
question of next year. New stamps are already discuss the being printed.
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