Italian
Ships In Danger If They Fight
Tuesday,
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June
1940,
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Italian shipping circles in Lon- don are convinced that if their country joins in the war it will be the downfall of their mercun- tilo muriric.
Of the Great Powers, Italy has the amallest merchant navy, except Ger. many, consists of 1,100 ships of 3,200,000 gross tons. It is not as up- to-date as most people Imagine, for it is one of the slowest and most vulnerable in the world,
It is also the life blood of linly. Most of Italy's food and oil sup. plies are carried by her ships.
Bottled up in the Mediterranean, Italy's merchant ships would be help- Icss. And on the far-off ocean high- ways other Italian ships could be swept off the seas by the Allied navies.
Many Very Old
Apart from 'show Biers like the Rex, Roma, Conte di Savoin and Satumle, many of Italy's ships are very old A large number of liet cargo vessels were built between 1980 and 1920. The fleet of Italian tramps which went to Rotterdam last winter to collect German coul'had an average age of 30 years.
"discarded
Many of the ships aro British verscha bulit between 1000 and 1910. Some are even older,
But lately Italy has been making]. great efforts to rebuild her mer- chant navy. In the last two or three years she has produced many { fast motorslips to
The German invasion of Norway.-Troops marching into Oslo headed by a band. The occupation was effected by a small force.
'Auction". For
compete with Workers May
Germany in the Mediterranean and South American trades,
Ont Habjun
concern, the Lloyd
Sabaude, has obtained a controlling |
Interest in an Italian aircraft com-
Arms
Slow up Output
pany with The idea of developing THE Select Committee on War Expenditure-com.
this as n auxillary means of travel
in combination with its steamship prising 27 M.P.s of all parties-wants a fact-finding
services.
An official ut one of the biggest Italian shipping lines in London said: "We have everything to lose by
and nothing to gala.
Shortage Of Steel
Survey on waste and salvage.
In its second report, the committee says that such survey might mean big savings.
Referring to the "auctioneering", have gone to aircraft factories; yet, between firms for skilled armament as a result, aircraft production, in the
stich 1121 advertisements "For the past five years the Ini- workers, mense task of reorganising all our offering bonuses and special attrae-long run, may well be slowed down." merchant shipping has been slowly tlons in addition to normal pay, the going on. Companies have been
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No Harm In Trying,
Said The King
The committee is convinced that report says that the majority of these steps must soon be taken to stop the advertiseinents have been inserted by
disturbance causect by continual amalgamated to cut out competition engineering firms working on confuetuntion of personnel from factory and many new fast motor ships built
to factory. and planned to replace a large tracts with the Air Ministry.
The fact that certain contractors
WHEN the King visited the "It would be a great joy to my people amount of absolete tonnage.
**Italian
One of the Committee's suggestions Maple Leaf Club in Moreton back in Vancouver," said Ras shipyards have been can apparently afford to pay these
Victoria, S. W., the extra bonuses suggests that the prices is that the lessons to be learnt from strect,
"I am sorry I cannot do that, much no Pte. obtain orders from anxious to
once started there would be no end." Alle providing they supplied the they are receiving are excessive, and he mistakes mado during the pre- Frank Rafla, of the Canadian I would like to," repiled the King." Z steek
There is a big shortage of raw the Committee are making further war expansion period, in the con-
"Well, sir. I hope you didn't mind my investigation into the facts..
struction of factories,, camps, aers Seaforth Highlanders, asked him
naking," said the Canadian. materials in Italy.
"Highly-skilled men are being en-drumes and other buildings, and the to autograph a letter. "Our ships are now obtaining a large share of world trade and car- tleed away by offers of abnormal re-great excess of cost over estimate
muneration for less skilled jobs.
likely to be involved, should receive ing ble freights.
Steps Must Be Takon
the most serious attention of all de- "Illaly goes to war it will be one) of-the-biggest-catastrophes thatThe majority of the men who have partments which still have building Italian shipping has yet suffered." left the machine-tool manufacturers programmes."
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A 24-year-old Lyness, Orkneys, workman, named McPhee, was fines £3 at Kirkwall Sheriff Court recently for having altempted to coinministe to his mother and his fiancee In- formation about the naval base ni Scapa Flow. He pleaded guilty.
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CHARGED
Police Constable Chenen Singh, 24,
Car Mishap
Crashing into a tree while travel-
Mr. C. E. S. Walls, for McPhee, of the Central Pollen Stallon, ap- ling in a cur between Click Un and
peared before Mr. I. Edwards at Mel Po, New Territories, yesterday.- Д five Europeans, including a woman
scratches and bruises.
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anid that he wrote merely to let his own people and his fanceo know something about the place where he Central Magistracy yesterday on was, working and how important charge of possession of a seditious and two children, escaped with miner was. As the Fiscal had fairly said, publication and breach of the Do- There was no ulterior, motive what tense Regulations. He was remind. McPhee had two brothers anded until to-morrow, bail being fixed lever. İslx-Cousing serving in the. Mojesly's
at $10,000. Forces. One could only describe his
act as being exceedingly foolish. He Singh wra alleged to have pas-
The names of those involved have1 not yet been disclosed.
The car was badly, damaged.
A semi-official source states thai realised that and was very sorry, Bressed, on June 1, at. Connaught a pamphlet, headed Revolutionary
German, pinnes flew over North Sweden on Sunday. Anti-aircraft
The Sheriff Substitute said the ae-Road Central, without lawful excuse, Proclamation No. 1, with a view to guns shot down two, of which one cused had tried to evade the censor 00 coples of a seditious publication, making, or faciliating the making or a pamphlet headed Revolutionary of nn endeavour to influence public was destroyed. Some of the crews That was on extraordinarily stupid
saved by parachutes. Two thing to do. A second offence would Proclamation No. 1, in Urdu and opinion in a manner likely to be pre- of judicial to the defence or the eff German offleor pilola and five of the probably see McPhee away for a long Punjabi. He was also degused crew were interned-United "Press, term of imprisonment.
having, in his possession: 00 copies of clent prosecution of the war.
were