NAVAL BUILDING.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19167, 25 November 1927, Page 9

NAVAL BUILDING.

BRITAIN'S PROGRAMME. P.MS AMOCMTIOK-COPIHIOHT.) ** ' LONDON, November 23. m Hon W. C. Bridgeman, reTh ° •! the House of Commons to Oom&L"jfaiworttr, -M that the ex- **?! on ihe Singapore Base to to £422,287. He expect-work-would bo completed jfft Ti» < otal COSt W ° Uld bG Kcnworthy asked whether C« flß 7i discussed at the Geneva and whether the new ft^'SS rre.pon.ne for a curtailthe cruiser programme would Jfls to the retarding of tins matK Brideeman said that Singapore : Mr Jd. g eu«ed at Geneva The work i ™,flrtainly bo retarded, but owing rt lvSexpected length of time iniedin the preliminary work ho did i neSst at Geneva any reason for £2o«ementofthework. in reply to another ■ rftan said that no British proposals 'Tit On" 18 ™ vvould have entailed fLed tonnage or costs, compared Sftfte programme outlined at the Jhj of the conference. Cjridgeman informed a questioner St\tm 10,000-ton cruisers were beu built The published programme 3«t extend beyond 1920, and em--2,i one 10,000-ton ship, and two Serai*™ each year in 1927, 1928, rtTIDW. A new situation had arisen •fflffliva, because, although the British MMttl t« linut l°> ooo - ton vessels had S Win accepted, the discussion left Jl(tat limitation might eventually be W.. jj, e Government was thereKfrtioetant to lay down any more J?MO.t<m ve«sels. It had dropped one Ston ship and one smaller cruiser Z» the 192/ programme, and the sub--sCaaß.of.ft smaller one of the 10,000 {jjj'iUp in the 1928 programme was aj aider consideration. Tjj ff, H. Davison: Does not the ifligement affect Imperial trade routes ! od food lappließf | "j^jyAetor: Is anyone attacking Bri(lla'i food roppliest I W Bridgemaa said that it was imperliire to prepare in advance for the I ifenw of trade routes. friirlTbttrtle: Will you bear in mind piTtSe.Mtintry will be pleased if you lip the other two large cruisers f ipew.wM no answer.