ANY FAR EAST MENACE
SUPPLEMENTED GARRISON
NEW TANKS ARRIVE
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.! (Received November 3, 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 2. The Hong Kong correspondent of the "New York Times" says the arrival of 40 of the latest Vickers whippet tanks has placed the colony at almost the last stage of complete preparedness against any menace in the Far East. Harbour protection has been effected since the European war began, and 2000 equipped volunteers have supplemented the excellent garrison and anti-aircraft de-. fence, producing a firm sense of readiness.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 108, 3 November 1939, Page 6
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