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BRITISH DEFENCES. ROSYTH DOCKYARD. RUGBY, December 7. The naval dockyards at Rosy th, which for 13 years has been on a care-and-maintenance basis, will, it is understood, be re-opened at an early date. Rosyth -was the main naval base during the Great War. Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, com-mander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet since March, 1936, will not be relieved of his command at the end of his three-years’ service, and it is understood his tenure of command will not terminate before 1940 at the earliest. LONDON, December 8. Thousands of people in the heart of London heard for the first time, the two-minute test air raid sirens, installed at a"hundred police stations, within an eight-mile radius of Charing Cross. ITALIAN DEFENCE. ROME, December 8. An additional fourteen million sterling is to be devoted to defence. The War Ministry receives £556,000 for partial army mobilisation during the Semptember crisis, and £56,000 for expenses in connection with the war in China. The Ministry of Marine get £4;lll,100 for the construction and reconstruction of warships. The Air Ministry get £166,700 for new construction. GERMAN AIR-CRAFT CARRIER. BERLIN, December 8. Hitler and Goering attended the launching at Kiel of German’s first ,air crejft carrier, Graf Zeppelin,