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June 4, 1940.
Italian Ships In Danger If They Fight
Italian shipping circles in Lon- don are convinced that if their country joins in the war it will.. be the downfall of their mercan- tile marine.
Of the Great Powers, Italy has the Emalicat merchant navy, except Ger- many. It conalsta of 1,100 ships of 3,200,000 Fross tons. It is not as up- to-date as most-people imagine, -for- It is one of the lowest and most vulnerable in the world..
It is also the Ille blood of Italy. Most of Italy's food and oll sup- plies are carried by her ships.
Bottled up in the Mediterranean, Italy's merchant ships would be help
be
And on the far-oft ocean high- ways other Italian shipp could swrpt off the sens by the Allied navies,
Many Very Old
the
and
are
Apart from show liners 11ko Rex, Roma, Conte di Savoln Saturnin, many of Italy's ships very old. A farge number of her cargo vessels were bullt between 1800 and 1020. The Beet of tallow trampu which went to Rollerdam last winter to collect German coul had an average age of 30 years.
Many of the ships are discarded Britial vessels bulit between
and 1910. Some are even older.
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First Picture of Nazi Entry into Oslo
The German invasion of Norway-Troops marching into Oslo headed by a band. The occupation was effected by a small force.
But lately Italy has been making "Auction" For Arms
great efforts to rebuild her mer- chant navy, In the last
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three years she has produced many fast motorshies to compete with Germany in the Mediterranean and South American trades,
Workers May
One Italian concern, the Lloyd Slow up
Sabaudo, han obtained a controlling interest in an Hallan, aircraft com-
Slow up Output
pany with the idea of developing THE Select Committee on War Expenditure-com-
this as an auxillary incans of travel
in combination with its steamship prising 27. M.Ps of all parties-wants a fact-finding
services.
An official ut one of the biggest Hurvey on waste and salvage.
Italian shipping lines in London said: In its second report, the committee says that such a
"We have everything to lose by wor and nothing to gain.
Shortage Of Steel
survey might mean big savings.
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Referring to the "auctioneering", have gone to aireral! factories; yet, between firms for skilled armament as a result, aircraft production, in the workers, such RS advertisements "For the past five years the in-
The committee is convinced that mense task of reorganising all our offering bonuses and special attruc-long run, may well be slowed down." tions in addition to normal pay, the! merchant shipping has been slowly report says that the majority of these steps must soon be toisen to stop the going on. Companies have been advertisements have been inserted by disturbance caused by continual amalgamated to cut out competition; engineering frais working on con-
fluctuation of personnel from fuctory and many new fast motor ships built tracts with the Air Ministry,
to factory.
WHEN the King visited the r "It would be a great joy to my people and planned to replace o large "The fact that certain contractors amount of obsolete tonnage.
One of the Committee's suggestions Maple Leaf Club in Moreton-back in Vancouver," said Itaffa.
Plc. S. W., **Italian shipyards have been can apparently afford to pay these anxious to obtain orders from the extra bonuses suggests that the prices is "that the lessons to be learnt from street, Victoria,
the they are receiving are excessive, and the mistakes made during the pre Frank Raffa of the Canadian Allies providing they supplied steel. There is n big shortage of raw the Committee are making further war expansion period, in the con-
struction of factories, camps, aero-Seaforth Highlanders, asked him investigation Into the facts. materials in Italy.
"Highly-skilled men are being en-dromes and other buildings, and the to autograph a letter. ticed away by offers of abnormal re-great excess of cost over estimate inrge share of world trade and earninuneration for less skilled jobs.likely to be involved, should receive the most serious attention" of all de- Stops Must Be Taken
"Our ships are now
Ing big freight,
of
obtaining s
"If Italy goes to wor it will be one
the biggest catastrophes Bat Italian shipping has yet suffered,"
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"I am sorry I camot do that. much a I would like to," rupled the King, "Ifr.I once started there would be no end."
"Well, sir, I hope you didn't mind my asking," and the Canadian.
The King answered; "Not at all, there's no harm in trying."
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~Only one-wolnaii-was- allowed_on_the_ platform at Waterloo Station yesterday. when soldiers of Uie Royal 22nd Cana- dan Regiment arrived in London to take over guard duties at the Royal palaces.
She was Madamo Charlebois,-wife-of.. Captain, Gerard Charlebois, who com- mands the French Canadians of the Royal 22nd.
The Canadians marched over West- minster Bridge to Wellington Barracks, accompanied by band music and cheer- ing crowds.
The French Canadians will take over guard duties from to-day until Saturday. to The Toronto Scottish will come London for duty on the next four days.
Wrote To Girl About Scapa
Fine For Man Who Said Too Much
Orkneys, A 24-year-old Lyness. workman, named McPhee, was fined. £3 at Kirkwall Sherift Court recently for having attempted to communicate to his mother and his fiancee in- formation about the naval bare at Scapa Flow. He pleaded guilty.
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Police Constable Chanan Singh,-24)
Car Mishap
-Crashing into a tree while travel-
Mr. C. E. S. Walls, for McPhee, of the Control Police Station, aping in a car between Chek Un and said that he wrote merely to let his neared before Mr. R. Edwards at Mel Pe, New Territories, yesterday. own people and his fancee know Central Magistracy yesterday on a Ave Europeans, including a woman: something about the place where ho
was working, and how important it charge of possession of a seditious and two children, escaped with minor was. As the Fiscal had fairly said, publication and breach of the. De- scratches and bruises, there was no ulterior motive what fence Regulations. He was remand-
The names of those involved have ever. McPhee had two brothers' anded 'until to-morrow, bail being fixed not yet been disclosed. six cousins.serving in the Majesty's
at $10,000, Forces. One could only describe hia
The 'car was badly damaged.
June 1, at Connaught a pamphlet, headed Revolutionary
act aa being exceedingly foolish. Ho Singh wrs alleged to have, pon realised that and was very sorry.
Bressed.
on
A seral-official source states that German planos few over: North
The Sheriff Subsiitule sald the ne- Road Central, without lawful excuse, Proclamation No. 1, with a view to Sweden on Sunday, Anti-aircraft guns shot down Jwo, of which one cured had tried to evade the censor. 06 copies of a seditious publication, making, or fucilitating the miking, Was destroyed. Some of the crews-That-watan.citraordinarily stupid or a pamphlet headed Revolutionary of an endeavour to indueneo pubile were saved by parachutes. Two thing to do. A second offence would Proclamation No. 1 in Urdu and opinion in a manner likely to be pres derman officer pilole and five of the probably see McPhee away for a long Punjabi la was also accused of Judicial to the defence or the eff crew were interned--United Press, term of imprisonment.
having in his possession 80 copies of cient prosecution of the war.
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