France’s Naval Estimates Up 57 Per Cent
PARIS, December IG,
Navy estimates for 1939 are £45,000,000, an increase of 57 per cent., compared with 1938.
Extensive alterations are planned to coastal defences, naval bases and arsenals.
Part of the increased expenditure is necessary to catch up time lost during the enforcement of the 40-hour week in the dockyards, which it is estimated set back the programme eight months. It is claimed that the complete construction of all vessels on the stocks will be concluded before January, 1943. Naval aircraft estimates have been increased 19 per cent. A message from Brussels says that the Cabinet has approved of the expenditure of £4,286,000 for active and passive aerial defence.
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Northern Advocate, 19 December 1938, Page 7
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