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Revelation Of Huge Programme

London, To-day.

The keels of 20 new 900-ton escort vessels of an en- tirely new type are to be laid sometime in June, reports Hector Bywater, naval correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph."

As large as pre-War destroyers, the vessels will be the fastest, best-armed and most efficient of their class in any navy.

All due to join the Fleet a year hence, they will be equally dangerous to hostile aircraft and sub- marines.

OFFICIAL HINT ON BRITISH REGISTRATION

As evidence of further speeding up of the naval construction pro- Mr. Bywater also states gramme, that eight of the 16. destroyers authorised this year have been or dered.

While the Navy's primary need is for escort vessels and destroyers, steady progress is being made with heavier construction.

Warships built, building and pro- jected entail a tonnage exceeding 950.000.

GIBRALTAR-

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UP FOOD RESERVES

Gibraltar, To-day.

It is announced that the export of certain foodstuffs is prohibited except under licence.

The object is to ensure that sufficient reserve stocks of all essential foodstuffs are available at all times as the Controller of Supplies may determine, Reuter.

PARIS" FIRE SEQUEL

FOREIGNERS IN BLAZING MOTOR BOAT

Two foreigners, Captain W. E. Kirby, Secretary of the China Coast Officers Guild, and Mr. H. da Luz, Secretary of the Hong Kong, Can- ton and Macao S.B. Company, had an exciting experience when the motorboat in which they were pas- sengers caught fire in the harbour this morning.

Captain Kirby and Mr. da Luz had hired the motorboat, the "Lee Hang," at Queen's Pier, and were proceeding to the s.s. "Sui Tal” when the engine broke down about 100. yards off shore.

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While the crew were tinkering with it, the engine burst into flames.

The two foreigners aided the Le Havre, To-day. crew and after a hard fight the Cesar Franck, an auxiliary fire.fire was extinguished. man on board the liner "Paris," Captain Kirby and Mr da Luz has been committed to prison transferred to one of several charged with wilful incendiarism motorboats which had dashed to Ordinance to fill in "National Reg-hand for conversion as anti-air- as the outcome of the recent fire. the rescue, and the damaged craft

escort-Reuter.

British residents of the Colony, required under a recently-enacted Sixteen cruisers and 36 destroyers of older types have been taken in ister" forms, are apparently leav-craft ing it to the last moment.

ships..

and anti-submarine

NEW GUNS

The "China Mail" was informed this morning that the required

Every month, 80 new guns, main- particulara, after the initial rush, ly of the -anti-aircraft type, are are now coming in very slowly, reaching the Fleet, production It would be an act of co-opera- | capacity of these weapons having tion if those who have not already increased 600 per cent, since 1936. registered would do so as soon as possible, in order to facilitate the necessary indexing and to enable, the complete index to be ready as carly as possible.

Residents have until May 31 to complete registration, but an off- cial hint la given that punctilious- ness would be welcome.

HAIFA JEWS COMPLAIN

Haifa, To-day.

For the protection of merchant ships, over 2,000 guns have been stored at various ports ready to be mounted in an emergency.

A thousand merchant ships will shortly be equipped to carry these guns through deck stiffening.

NAVY'S STRENGTH

Mr. Bywater concludes: "The Navy is absolutely and relatively stronger than it has been since the Napoleonic Wars, barring a period In 1918 when it overshadowed the combined armadas of the world."- Roûter.

The Jewish community here which the authorities has telegraphed to the British | put to sea, Government, the High Commis.

was towed back to Queen's Pier.

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loner for Palestine, the Arch- immigrants have been allotped, to bishop of Canterbury, the Pope land but are being detained in and others, protesting against quarantine. the "Inhuman treatment" of 400 Illegal Immigrants.

The Immigrants arrived at Haifa board two Grouk · steamers

Earlier, the Jews proclaimed strike, while disturbances occurred in which the police wore stoned. Reuter,

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