CABLES IN BRIEF
Steel Plate Production The War Production Board. Washington. announced that in 1943 steel plate production would be 11,810.000 not. tons, approximately double that of 1941. Svria’s New Prime Minister 'a pro-British politician. Djeniil Bey Ulshi, has been appointed Prime Minister of Syria in place of Barazi. who resigned. ‘ Ulshi was Prime Minister in 1920. Mother Ships Refuel U-Boats It is disclosed that the Germans are using mother ships to refuel longrange submarines, also to provide hospitals for the wounded from fighting craft. So far as is known, these ships do not carry supplies of torpedoes, probably because of the difficulties of transhipment. Blood Station at Windsor Castle The King ha.s given permission lor (he opening in Windsor Castle of a sial ion for taking blood lor (he transfusion service. It will be in operation in a few days, when members of the Royal Household and other estate employees will give blood for the use of the armies in North Africa.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22477, 12 January 1943, Page 3
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163CABLES IN BRIEF Timaru Herald, Volume CLIII, Issue 22477, 12 January 1943, Page 3
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