GIBRALTAR DEFENCES.
ACTIVITY BY BRITAIN. MODERNING OF DEFENCE. NAVAL AIR BASES PREPARED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, July 22. The Financial Secretary to the War Office, Sir Victor Warrender, In a written answer to Mr Wedgwood Benn (Labour) says the modernising of Gibraltar’s defences has been proceeding since 1934. It would not be advisable to disclose the improvements or their cost. A message from Paris says L’Echo de Paris asserts that the Germans are preparing naval air bases, including a submarine harbour, at Melilla, Alhucemas, Laroche, Ifni, Rio del Oro and also the Canaries. BRITISH MINIBTERB. NOT TO GO ABROAD. THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, July 22. The Daily Mail states that at the request of the Prime Minister, Mr Chamberlain, all the members of the Cabinet will spend their holidays in Britain in view of the international situation. Those, such as Viscount Hailsham, Lord Chancellor, who had planned tours abroad, have cancelled their arrangements.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20253, 23 July 1937, Page 7
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160GIBRALTAR DEFENCES. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20253, 23 July 1937, Page 7
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