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Channel Dash At 48 m.p.h.

BRITAIN'S NEW NAVAL

"MITE," A 70-FOOT TOR- PEDO BOAT BANNED TO GERMANY AND ITALY, WITH A MAXIMUM SPEED THAT IS AN ADMIRALTY SECRET, RECENTLY CROSSED THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IN THE FASTEST TIME EVER RE- CORDED - 1 HOUR MINUTES.

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"FRIENDLY POWERS" ONLY Mr. Hubert Scott-Paine, chair- man of the British Power Boat Co., who designed the craft, said that the boat was only available to Government.

"No private individual can purchase one and we shall only supply them to friendly Powers,” he said. "They are the fastest | thing afloat. We have fitted! three 1,000-h.p. Merlin Rolla- Royce engines, and we made the Channel crossing carrying full war load of 13% tons and 17 people aboard.

AVERAGED 45 M.P.H,

"Our average speed was 42 knots, equivalent to 48 m.p.h.: The top speed is a Government sceret."

A big liner takes six hours to make the crossing from South- ampton to Cherbourg, the route on which the test was made.

The place was infested with rats. The floors were rotten.

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Alberto Cabero Diaz, left, new Chilean Ambosandor to the United States, leaves the While House after presenting his credentials to President Roosevelt. With him, is George T. Sum- merlin, chief of the Protocol Division.

Women Buying More New Clothes

Trade Boom

In Autumn

THO women of Great Britain are buying more clothes than last year. The people also are eating more.

And the country's trade is due for "steep upwned bend," according to Sir Willam Crawford, head of the British delegation to the Advertising Convention at the World's Falt,

Retail sales of women's clothes in Great Britain last April were up by 1.3 per cent, on April 1038, according to the Board of Trade Journal.

And this despite the fact that with Easter falllug early in the month (Easter Sunday was April 9), the sales were probably affected by pre- holiday purchases being rade. Marchi,

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In April, as in March, Central and West-End London was the only dis- triet where there was a fall in total rules, the April decrease amounting to 7 per cent, Increases ranged from 1.0 per cent. In suburban London to and 3.4 per cent. in the Midlands South Wales,

"PROSPERITY WAVE" Sales of food and perishables were 2.8 per cent. up on last year.

Newly Formed Huaksing Bank

London.

A question was noted in Parliament

recently regarding the noter Issued by the newly formed Huaksing commercial bank.

Mr. Day asked the Prime Minister whether any further particulars have been received from the Japanese Government with reference to the newly formed Hunksing commercial bank organised under the laws of the reformed Government of China; and whether he has information that the moles issued by this bank are now fully, covered by a reserve in forelga curreneles equal in every way to the notes issued by them?

Mr. Buller: 1 would refer the hon. Member to the reply given him on 6th June to which I have nothing to add.

Mr. Day: Have the notes issued been accepted?..

. Mr. Builer: I must refer the hon. Member to the somewhat compileated statement which was issued, and which showed that we are watching the matter.

Prize Dog Wears Bib

PASADENA,' Căl Mrs. Patricia Fine, owner of prizo winning Junior Boy Von Rukeswald, a shaggy Saint Bernard, dresses the dog in. bib for its meals. It is engler to wash the bibs than to keep elean the shaggy coat of Junior Boy, whore tablo mishners are not any bet- ter than those of dogs who are not prize winners.

Sales of other merchandise fell by

7

July 5, 1939.

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INQUIRY ORDERED FOR ENDEAVOUR

AUCKLAND.

The Government 'has asked the Naval Staff to arrange an fnquiry at Auckland into conditions on the Admiralty survey ship Endeavour, 1,280 tons.

The Endeavour arrived at Auckland In June, 1937, for survey service on the Now Zealand station.

A number, of questions have been asked in the House, of Commons about conditions on the ship, and Col. J. J. Llewellin, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, stated on May 19 What an Inquiry would be held into desertions-

und punishment on her.

Medical Boycott The New Zen- lond branch of the British Medical Association has refused the Govern- ment's offer of a conference to dis- cuss the question of maternity benefits under the Social Security Scheme. The medical profession has pruetlenily boycotted the Government's pro-

posals, only 22 out of 200 doctors having accepted contracts,

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At the conclusion of the South African Airways* survey flight Angal, It was stated that the new service from Windhoek, South-West Africa to Loanda, Angola, would | probably start in July or August.

It will then be possible to fly from South Africa to Europe vin the west coast by using South African, Portu- guese and French services, and also to connect with the Transatlantic services from Dakar and Bathurst, in West Africa, to Brazil.

S.W. Africa Pollee Merged.-The incorporation of the South-West trade boom the worit has ever known. announced in a proclamation issued African police as from June I was "As a result of extensive market in Pretoria recently. rescurch, I am able to put its date-i

ine us the beginning of September. | BURMA when the trade curve will take a

steep upward bend. This autumn ONLY ONE CHANGE IN and winter will be the most prosper- ous perfod in the history of modern Britala.

How does all this affect employ-

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(0.5 per cent. Only two of the seveniment? The Ministry of Labour's ' The Buina Cabinet having resign- districts, however, showed declines. | annual report. published recently, ed, the same members were sworn In the north-west the fall was .0.3 states that the average numbers in in recently with the exception of per cent, but in Central and West-employment last year were about U. Tun, the Minister of Commerce, End London it was 7.0 per echt. The 120,00 fewer than in 1937, and that who had refused the request of the largest increase was 3.0 per cent. In the total of workers increased by Prime Minister, U. Pu, that he should the Midlands and South Wales.

about 180,000.

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Sir William Crawford, sailing in Against this, however, latest figures the liner Queen Mary recently for the show that more than 300,000 more World's Fair, said: "This country. Is people have been employed so far this;

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