GENERAL CABLES.
FOOD PRODUCTION. Mr Hudson told the Council of Agriculture that farmers may be asked to plough a considerably greater proportion of land for food-growing. The maximum must be produced from the land in the coming vear. M.P. MISSING. Major Cartland, M.P. is missing in Flanders. -JAPANESE CLAIMS. TOKIO, June 6. The Domei News Agency states that the Japanese, driving west of the Han River, in Hupeh Province, have broken the Chinese lines on the southern reaches of the river from Sien-kiang to Sha-yang (about 50 miles west of Hankow). STERLING SOARS. NEW YORK, June 6. Sterling to-day soared over 65 cents, opening at 3183; it rose as high as 385 and closed at 370 after reports that new British foreign exchange regulations could be expected tomorrow abolishing the free market for sterling. ATLANTIC FLIGHTS. Pan-American Airways are starting on June 18 three trans-Atlantic flights a„week instead of the present two, due to increased business resulting from the war. UNITED STATES NAVY. WASHINGTON, June 6. The Senate has approved and sent to the White House the Navy Bill, now seeking 1,492,000,000 dollars.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 162, 8 June 1940, Page 8
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183GENERAL CABLES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 162, 8 June 1940, Page 8
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