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RESERVE OF OIL BEING ACCUMULATED PROTECTION AGAUTST ATTACK British Official Wireless (Received March 10, 6,30 p.m.) RUGBY, March 9. Replying to a question in the House of Commons the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty (Mr G. H. Shakespeare) stated that the Admiralty was taking the necessary measures to accumulate an adequate reserve of oil fuel for the fleet and arrangements were being made to provide for protection against air attack. In reply to another question Mr Shakespeare stated that the tonnage of the two capital ships in the 1938 construction programme was still under consideration. No further information had been received regarding the size of tire Japanese battleships that were projected or were building.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20983, 11 March 1938, Page 9
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116NAVAL PREPARATION Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20983, 11 March 1938, Page 9
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