THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 13, 1941.
BRITAIN SETS SHIP RECORDS
Britain's ship-repairing yards are breaking all re- cords for fast workman- ship, states the daily ship-
WITS IN
FROM SHOP BOY BATTLE OF TO STORE CHIEF
Sir Sydney Martyn Skinner, chairman for
ping newspaper "Lloyd's many years of John Bark- DARING
er and Co., Kensington,
List and Shipping who has died at East ESCAPE
Gazette."
than
The paper adds that in one week ships totalling more 1,100,000 tons were returned to service after repairs had been carried out
Grinstead, Sussex, aged 76, had a romantic com- mercial career.
FROM
He played a big part in the de- CRETE
velopment of Kensington High Street into a leading shopping centre. from When
Ship-builders are rushing out
of all types merchantmen
barges to big freighters, the paper
says.
10 years
old he was
AIR
A Spitfire pilot who leads a famous auxiliary
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