EXTRA PERSONNEL
TO COST £8,659,000
BATTLESHIP. REPAIRS
(Received March 4,, 1.30 p.m.)
LONDON, March 3. The extra personnel for the Navy is estimated to cost £8,659,000.
Large-scale repairs are to be under= taken to H.M.S. Warspite, Valiant, Queen Elizabeth, and Renown.
A committee composed of representatives of the Admiralty, the Board of Trade, and shipowners is to be formed to take measures necessary to ensure the least possible dislocation of British shipping'in war time.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370304.2.77.2
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1937, Page 9
Word Count
74EXTRA PERSONNEL Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1937, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in