BRITAIN’S DEFENCE
NO FOOD HOARDING
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(Received January 20, 8 a.m.) LONDON, January 19. Sir Auckland Geddes’ “store food _ speech docs not express the Gojein ment view, says the ’Daily Mail, which is “don’t hoard. It s not nece Food Defence Plans committeeman said that Sir A. Geddes was merely voicing his personal Aievts. NAVAL ESTIMATES. (Recd. January 20, 2.45 P- m -) LONDON, January 19. Hector Bywater, writing in the "Daily Telegraph,” says that the Navy estimates, which are being published in February, will provide new. ton nage, including battleships, e ™^ el ’ and destroyers, increasing by 600 000 tons the naval work already in hand, to the highest peace-time level By approving this expansion, the Government rejects the principle tha war can be decided by air bombardment, which American and German strategists believe will result in . a deadlock, with a blockade determining the issue.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 20 January 1939, Page 7
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