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THE CHINA MAIL,, JANUARY 27, 1940

CAT HENS, STYRÜ: NICHT SHU

FIVE OR SIX EXPLOSIONS IN "ORAZIO” DISASTER

Rome, To-day.

A REPORT ON THE DESTRUCTION of the Italian liner Orazio which caught fire on Sunday some 40 miles from Toulon was presented to Signor Mussolini (who besides being Prime Minister is also Minister ́› Air, War, Navy, Italian' Africa and Interior) by the Minis- ter of Communications yesterday.

The report says that the fire was caused by a series of five or six explosions, at 7-second intervals, in the ship's main left motor.

PRAISES BRITISH PLANE

PRODUCTION

The authoritative American magazine, "Time," refers to "amazing rapidity" with which tain has increased her rate of craft output.

TICWS-

It seems that the 110 people still missing left the ship despite the cap- tain's order.

The passengers and crew were divided into two groups in the stern and the bow by the fire. The captain ordered everyone to walt for help and not to lower the boats.

Those in the stern, however, ap- parently were afraid the ship would sink before help arrived and SO launched three boats.

One boat was found by a French the ship, but there are no signs of the Bri- other two. The majority of those air-still missing are now presumed to be

lost. Reuter.

"At the end of last year, Britain was producing only about 200 planes

a month, but by last week had almost ON STOCK

achieved a rate of 1000 a month,” "Time" says.

"At the beginning of this year, Britain had about seven bombers to every three pursuit ships-and they are good bombers.

EXCHANGE

LONDON, TO-DAY.

to

BUSINESS WAS SMALL ON THE the Vickers-Wellington | STOCK EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. has ample range to strike at Several groups closed casier but no Berlin .. the mysterious Bristol- | selling pressure was apparent.

Gilt-edged Beaufort is too fast and too good

securities generally to be described to the public yet. showed small losses. "Britain has two magnificent | Copper shares were inclined fighters, the Hawker Hurricane and improve, and Industrials registered the Supermarine Spitfire... if de- several gains. fensive flying can succeed, these two models can do it... the R.A.F. has all sorts of speciality craft .. some are secret and superb.”

Aviators in Germany, "Time" adds, are heroes. "Their morale is kept high by arbitrarily giving them

Wall Street was narrowly irregu- lar. Reuter.

social prestige, and by Inspirational statements from the one man in the Air Force who is too fat to get into a pursuit ship, Hermann Goering."

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