1937-03-02 — Page 12

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THE CHINA MAIL

CABINET PLANS

PLANS FOR

RE-ARMAMENT

WORKS TO BE

CHANNELISED

London, To-day. Government plans for dealing with the heavy blight of unemployment in the Special Areas were outlined yesterday in the form of a White Paper.

The Commissioners for the special areas will be authorised to let factories and contribute for periods not exceeding five years in- come tax rates and rent respecting new industrial undertakings.

The Government point out that unemployment in the special areas declined by 119,000, or 26 per cent, in 1936.-Reuter.

Furthermore, assistance may Factories for the air force will take the form of subscription of account for £1,500,000. 25 per cent. of the capital of a company or equivalent assistance by a loan.

Government is providing £2,000,- 000 for this purpose.

Commitments already entered by

Commissioners

the

£11,000,000.

GOVERNMENT

,"

totalled

CONTRACTS

It is estimated that out of a total of £41,000,000 in Government con- tracts during eight months

last

year, no fewer than

£24,000,000

were awarded to the special areas.

IN-CHARGE OF FRONTIER

Capt. M. H. MacDonald Of The Navy

London, To-day.

Captain Malcolm H. Macdonald,

ob-

Construction of munition fac-R. N. (Retired) has been appointed tories in these areas will provide aadministrator of the British large amount of employment, for server

who Will supervise

the

scheme on

the

example, explosive factories valued frontier control

at several millions sterling, are to Spanish-Portuguese border. be erected in South Wales, and ex-There will be 130 such observers, plosive factories to the value of most of whom are former naval of

ficers and ratings or former toms officers. Reuter.

£6,000,000 in Scotland.

SCOTSWOOD MUNITIONS Armstrong-Whitworth's

factory

Cus-

Mrs. Wellington Koo left Hong at Scotswood will be equipped for Kong for Shanghai in the Patroclus. the manufacture of munitions, giv- Sir David Sassoon, Colonel A. C ing additional employment to se- Johnson and Miss H. J. Forsyth also veral thousand men.

left in the same ship.

Agnes bins velvet, as smart and sophisticated-looking here by Anita Colby, acrest actress. The bodice fulln of the double shoulder straps, one of which goes arou fashion. The skirt is made in gored and

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