THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14139, 15 July 1916, Page 6

THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.

MILITARY POSSIBILITIES,

STRONG ADVOCACY IN FRANCE

■(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)

. Paris, July 13. In the opinion of the Frencli authorities 30,000 troops and 30.000 tons of' war material could be transported" daily to France if the Channel -tunnel were in existence. The Minister of Commerce told the chairman of the Paris Economic Conference that the full execution of the Conference's decision would largely defend on the construction of the tunnei. .' '~ ■'.-■' ■