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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 168, 13 July 1918, Page 5

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fc&ERGfcNCY FLEET CORPORATION'S WUHK MILLION AND I A HALF TONS LAUNCHED. 1 Australian and N.Z. Gable Association. WASHINGTON, July'll. Since the Emergency Fleet Corporation assumed control of shipbuilding 223 vessels, aggregating 1,415,000 tons, have been completed, of which 218 are in actual service. GERMAN NEWSPAPER. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) NEW YORK. July 11. Rumley, tue publisner wJ?o is charged with iperjury, in a statement, said that the New York Marl materially supported the Um'ted States' war policy. Be denied the perjury charges. " More arrests are likely. GIBRALTAR STRAIT. 'RAILWAY TUNNEL PROPOSED. (Reuter's Telegrams.) PARTS, Julj- 11. The 'Orleans Railway Company has applied for a concession to construct a tunnel under the Strait of Gibraltar,, in furtherance of a scheme to inn a railway from Paris to Dakar. The execution of this scheme would ultimate];-, establish railway communication between London and Capetown when the Channel Tunnel in built. LORD RHONDDA. LIFE SACRIFICED TO DUTY. (Published in The Times.) ' • ; July 11. Reminiscences related by his friends disclose- that Lord Rhondda deliberately faced death by accepting office. • His doctor intimated that he was. suffering from heart disease. He might live for ten years if be did not over exert himself, but for two years otherwise. Lord Rhondda replied that- two voir? y •■a enough.