1938-11-21 — Page 20

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Canada: Dec. 9. Dec. 11.

BOOKING PLANS FOR 1939

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to secure accommodation desired.

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Air-conditioned equipment on C.P.R. Trans-Continental Trains, Frequent Canadian Pacific Atlantic sailings to European ports.

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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 21, 1938.

Nazis' Anti-Tank Forts Made Hotels For Troops

Germany's fortifications on the

Protection against tanks is the French frontier, completed in a principal aim of the fortification. rush by hundreds of thousands of Great concrete blocks, with huge men at the time of the Czecho- cog-wheel teeth stretch in some slovak crisis, are described in the places five deep as far as the øye Nazi newspaper Angriff.

can see..

Central. heating, running water

These, it is claimed, are impass- and artificial ventilation are pro-able"tombstones for tanks." vided for the troops manning the underground forts and communica tion lines. "An hotel would not be more comfortable."

BIG NAVAL CONTRACT FOR GERMANY

Jugoslav Destroyers.

It is reported that the Jugoslav Government is shortly to order eight big destroyers in Germany The value of this contract would be about £2,600,000.

This will be a severe blow to which had confidently reckoned on French shipbuilding interests,

obtaining all future Jugoslav naval contracts.

A large amount of French capi- tal is invested in the recently-con- structed dockyard at Split, where two destroyers are being, built to French design.

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The loss of the new order for eight destroyers is attributed by French authorities in large measure to the delay in delivering previous vessels, this delay being due to the 40-hour week. At the present time all new French naval construction is seriously in arrears.

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Beyond them are "machine-gun nests in tactical contact, and anti- tank guns of various calibres."

The Angriff writer, says Reuter, describes the finishing touches now being given to the fortifications.

"It needs," he says "an expert guide to notice them.

"It is the aim of the designers,”? he says, "to notice them,

"It is the aim of. the designers,' he says, "to give the enemy a small and, as far as possible, invisible target. Therefore earth is put on the fortifications and the landscape, looks again natural with its grass and bushes."

LOCAL SHARES

enquiries in local share quotations this Following is the list of changes and morning:

DOCKS, WHARYES, GODOWNS, ETC. H. K. and K. Wharves $120 &

NA MINING

Raube $9.10 b. Antamoks Pa. 50 sa. Atoks Ps. 27 88.. -Benguet Consol. Ps. 13.00 80.

Coco Grove Es. 62 88, Demonstrations Pa. 80% sa. San Mauricio Pa. 1.84 sa Suyoc Consol. Ps. 20% sa. United Paracales. Pá, .50 sa.-

LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H. K. and S. Hotels $8.45 s. PUBLIC UTILITIES

b.

H. K. Tramways $16 Peak Trams (Old) $6% b. Yaumati Ferries (Old) $23 b. China Lights, (Old) $10.40 b.

STORES, &C.-••• Watsons $76-8.

MISCELLANEOUS Vibro Piling $5.80 b.

H. K. Govt. 4% Loan 6% pm. b.

LOCAL DOLLAR

The demand. rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day was 1/2-27/32.

Spot" silver was quoted in London at 19-15/16 and forward at 19-9/16.

The London on New York rate was quoted at £U.S.$4.70 and the New York/London rate at

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