London. —At Laval's fiuggestion, presumably with Marshal Pctain's knowledge, says the Daily Telegraph, French naval ehips scuttled at Toulon in November, 1942, are being repaired at French dockyards under agreement with Germany to be placed at Hitler'6 disposal for use against the Allies. Model railway engines appeal as much 1o adult men as to young boys. And there is a beautiful miniature locomotive displayed in Collinson and Cimninghamo's No, 2 window. Built to blueprint specifications, this engine can bo stoked up with coal and powered with steam. Capable of a boiler pressure of 901 b to the square inch, it can pull a carriage holding three people. This model will be «i display only a few more day*..*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 38, 13 January 1944, Page 5
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