LAST CHRISTMAS.
SUBMARINE ORDER.
German Vessels May be Ready
In Six Months.
BRITAIN INFORMED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, May 1. M. Pictri, French Minister of Marine, who is on a short visit to London, met Sir John Simon at the House o£ Commons. M. Pictri has already had a conversation with Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, First Lord of the Admiralty.
The latter was asked in Parliament if he could give any further information regarding the construction of submarines by the German Government.
He said .the British naval attache at Berlin was informed on April 20 by the German authorities that an order to manufacture machinery, armament, etc., for 12 250-ton submarines was given at Christmas, and the order to construct the hulls and assemble the component parts was given about the middle of April.
He was also informed that, as a result of extensive preparations which had been made, the first submarines would probably be completed within six months.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 102, 2 May 1935, Page 7
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