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ROPĦSASO HADAK4US HONG KONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST
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NAVIES IN THE PACIFIC
THE PACIFIC U
JAPAN'S IMMENSE PROGRAMME
U.S. PROPOSALS FACING DELAY
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(Single Copy, 10 ct.
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U.S. TREASURY LOANS
BONDS AVAILABLE IN LOW DENOMINATIONS
WASHINGTON, July 30.
THE United States Treasury has Tokyo, July 23-A naval te, ment programme
offered a U:8,500,000,000 issue plenishment programme, involving The Vice-Minister the Navy, of eight-year bonds at 31 per cent. approximately 500,000,000 yen and Vice-Admiral Shotokafufifa," and and U..$350,000,000 of two-year to be over the next three or four other high officials, passed the Treasury notes at 1 per cent. years, has been approved by the best, means of cemancing the The loans will be used for retir. Naval General Staff and is pending Finance Ministry of the necessitying the indebtedness in the fan- before the Navy Ministry. The of this large outlay for the sea arm cial recovery programme. The programme, long under considera of the nation's defense forces. The bonds will be available in de tion, was finally completed, and upshot of the discussion was that nominations as low $50. will now receive the careful seru- | all radical cuts that might be pro- lexter tiny of the highest officials of the posed in the Nars estimates Navy Ministry, after which it will ¦ should be, lought tooth and nail infe be turned over to the Ministry of Finance, who are likely to make no more than minor changes in it.
If approved by the Finance Min istry, the programme will be setu- ally inaugurated during the next iscal year. The Naval General Staff wishes to have the pro gramme completed in three years, while other quarters are more in- clined to have it spread over "n four-year period. In any event, the duration of the programme is to be decided through negotiations between the Navy and Finance Ministries.
Construction Programme, The ship construction programa follows:
Two light cruisers of 8,500 tona each, to be built at an estimated cost of 41,200,000 yen..
Two aircraft carriers of 10,000 tons each, to be built at an esti mated cost of 84,000,000 yen. The
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the London Naval Treaty is 19,000; therefore, one of the two new air. craft carriers will replace the pre- sently used one, the Hoshe
Fourteen destroyers of 2,400 tons each, to be, built at an estimated cust, of $4,000,000
Six submarines, of both large and small types, with a total tonnage of 7,500, to be built at an 'estimated cost of 40,500,000 yen.
One mine-layer of 5,000 tons, to be built at an estimated cost of 12,000,000 yen.
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Eight torpedo boats to be built at an estimated cost of 30,000,000 yen.
In addition the programme in- eludes an expenditure reportedly totalling between 160,000,000 yen and 200,000,000 yen on the serial arm of the Navy, largely toward the establishment of eight new navy flying units.
To Treaty Strength, The replenishment programme is designed to put Japan in possession of a navy that is up to the maxi- mum of strength permitted this country under the London Naval Treaty.
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Meantime, the compilation of the Navy's regular budget for the next iscal year is being discussed by Navy Office officials. The estimate for the next year would be more than 500,000,000 yea, this figure in cluding the outlay necessary for the first year of the naval replenish.
the grounds that the Navy's Agures DIARY OF LOCAL represent an absolute minimum necessary for adequate protection of the Empire against gay attack by sen,
IN HONG KONG TODAY
CLOUDY WITH RAIN
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER, REPORT, FORECAST AND REMARKS, SUED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORYAT 1.30 P... STATED : ****
PRESSURE, REMAINS HIGHEST. OVER THE PACIFIC TO TELĀKAST UP 'HOKKAIDO, 'ANd a thoven oF EL- LATIVELY LOW PRESSURE: CAIRNES FROM INDO-GRÍNA - TOU NÓITH LUZON. Á TYPHOON INSITUATED ABOUT 150 MILES S.SEA NAHA, MOVING N.
LociL FORBEAST:-E WINDS. MODERATE FINE.
TYPHOON WARNINGS.
Manila, y TYPHOONIT 18002 498 LONG E." AND 20. LAT N. MOVING N.N.W
11.
Manila, July 31, 3.30 p.m.- CYCLONE 01 TYPHOON 9.8.E.
OF NAHK MOVING N. OR N.N.E.
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EVENTS
TODAY
(August 1),
(VI Moon, 10th Day). Lammas Day.
Sanitary Board Meeting, 4.15
P.tu..
Mass Meeting of property own, ers and tenants of premises in Kowloon. re Coal Dump, Peninsula Hotel. 5.30 p.m
Rotary ClubTifin, Building, 1pm.
Tasatros.
Gloucester
Queen's: Song of the Eagle.' King's Love on Wheels,!* Central: Unknown Singer.". Oriental: * Devil With Women.” Majestic: 70,000 Witnesses,” World: "Reaching for the
Moon. Star: "Too Busy to Work,"
Dances.
Tea Dances at Gloucester Build- ing; King's Restaurant, Hong -Kong and Bepulse Bay Hotels
Dianer Dancte arHong Long and Repulse Bay Hotels; King * Restaurant; and Peninsula Hotel
Frincipal Matt.
Outward air mail for Europe by Athos II., 1 pm. steamer, 230
Sports,
p.m.
--Lawn Bowls :-Open Champion. ship: V. C. Labrum S: Eccles hall (Police green), J. W. Watson
Shipbuilders Fall to Quote. Washington, July 23.-A' delay in the opening of bids on 17 warships to be constructed in private yards. out of reconstruction public works funds appeared likely to day be- cause shipbuilders have not get submitted a code to the national industrial recovery administration.
Bids were scheduled to be open- ed next Wednesday, General Hugh 8. Johnson, director of the recovery administration, conferred with re- presentatives of the shipbuilding industry urging them to hasten the submission of the code.
Labour costs which shipbuilders must figure in their bids are eop- tingent on the code.
The 17 ships on which bids were to be opened on Wednesday were part of 38 shios which the Govern: ment will build out of reconstruc- tion funds at a cost of approxi- mately $399,000,000mited Press
THE ROYAL NAVY King Feisal
VISITS" H.M.S. RENOWN
(Special Air-Mail Service)
LONDON, July 11. King Feisal paid his first visit to a British battle, cruiser yester hday, when he travelled to Torquay and spent over four hours at sea
de Rome (Craigéngower
green), 3.20 p.m.
Lawn Tennis:-B Division. Chinese .C. v. University; Civil Service. Recreio; Hong Kong C.C. ». U.£.R:C........
Water Polo:-Civil Servants w Companions, G Young
p.m., V.M.C.A."B". Royal Navy (Civil Servants), 6.30 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.54 a.m.; Sunset: 7.04 P...
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Tides-High at 3.51 and 20.13; Low at 12.10 and 22.07.
another Royal Salute was fired.
H.M.S. FAME
Among the new destroyers to he laid down this month in the FAME, by the Parnona Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend-on- Tyne, "the hull of the ship being built by Wickers Armstrongs. Limited. The Fame will bring back one of the best known" ship" taneful National Anthem of Iraq, names in the Royal Navy, as and was then greeted by Rear according to Captain H. S. Lecky's Admiral James Commanding the
"The King's Ships 13 earlier Battle
Cruiser Squadron, and vessels have borne it since 1643 Captain T. F. P. Calvert. He was For the most part they were small accompanied by Ja For Pasha el craft, such as sloops, but the Askeri, the Iraqi Minister in sixth FAME, WAS 8 74-gun ship of London, and Sir Francis Hum the line, built at Deptford in 1760. Phrys, the British High Commiswhich fought, under Rodney st sicher in Iraq The party at once Dominica in 1799, and in other proceeded to the control turret engagements. The last of the name while the Renown steamed slowly was a destroyes, one of the early out to sca. -
30-knotters, built by Thornycroft's on board E.M.S." Renown. He So thick was the mist that the in 1896, and commanded by returned to "Torquay in the after- main items on the programme an Lieutenant (now Admiral of the Bnoon and left for London by rail attack by submarines and a Fleet Bir) Roger Keyes in action "I think the British Navy is bombing display by aircraft during the China War of 1900, very good am very pleased with taking off from the Courageons She also served during the late What I have seen," was his parting had to be abandoned, to the war and was scrapped in 1919. remark.
disappointment of the King Torbay was enshrouded in a Admiral James produced - RETURN OF THE thick mist when King Feisal substitute programme, however, arrived by train from Scotland in and the King's interest in aircraft the morning, and the drifter in was gratified by a demonstration which he was taken out to the of catapulting a seaplane from Orders are issued for H.M.S. Beowng while Royal Salute of the deck of the Renown
Cornwall, Captain B. Davies, guns weloomed him, had to go He also saw the theoretical Y.C., D.8.0., AF.C., to leave through a choppy: sea. pal destruction of the ship in which Hong Kong on September 14 for From the masts of "all the ships, he was, & passenger by torpedoes. England to refit and recommission of the Royal Navy in the harbour, He spent a long time inside one for further service in Chine," "The gally dressed, futtered the green, of the turrets, and carried out Cornwall is now at Weihaiwei atid black, red, and white national; the movements for loading and 'on' July 31, she will proceed to flag of Iraq, but as King Frisal firing, so escape of compressed | Hankow for antara of duty, there stepped on board, the Ensign in air indicating that had a real shell from August to Beptember 9. the Renown was lowered and the been used Torquay, 15 miles away, Har present ship's company joined || By Starded of it, wah would have had a shock her, on February, 12, Tdi, and fill
CORNWALL BA
had luncheon on thus have served over the normal his departure 24 years by the time they are paid (Continued on next column) off.
Leifsdging Feinst mood retis salute board,
while the ship's hand played the
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During the holiday season special "B" Class Saloon. will be available to Wei Hai Wet, Chefoo and the newly commissioned s.s. "Hunan and following rates:---
ientsin, in
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