GENERAL CABLES.
CANADA’S AVAR BILL. TORONTO, Feb. 19. Colonel J. L. Ralston (Minister of Defence j said Canada’s war effort would cost five hundred million dollars in the coming fiscal year. AA’ALL STREET MARKET. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. The mobilisation of American securities has not affected the stock market appreciably. Some of the mobilised stocks have firmed. CHINESE SUCCESS. HONG KONG, Feb. 19. The Chinese claim to have regained control of Nanning and to have recaptured AA’ingshu, to the east of Nanning. If this is true, the success re-opens the Indo-China road by which the bulk of munition supplies are admitted. LOANS TO FINLAND. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. The Federal Loan Administrator (Air Jesse Jones) told the House Banking and Currency Committee that the neutrality law prevented the Export and Import Bank making a loan to Finland if Russia declared war. He added he was willing to grant Finland additional credits while she still had a fighting chance. BYRD’S DISCOVERY. Rear-Admiral Byrd has radioed that there is evidence that the Ross ice shelf rests upon land. SERVING CANADIANS. OTTAWA. Feb. 19. The Defence Department states that i flic total number of Canadians going j on active service is 90,000, and includes military, naval and air forces.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 71, 21 February 1940, Page 10
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