has it that all the negotiations of the last ten months have ended in a decision to get three cruisers from Germany at a. total cost, of £480,000 and one from Elswick at £360,000 (1 approximate in both cases),. This tallies with similar news given out six weeks ago re guns for the Nort fortifications, in which it was hinted that Krupp and Armstrong were to go vili pu, yih pan. That something has definitely been ooarloded either is evident the departure of Admiral Dunlop, who has been representing the great Elswick firm here the past twelve months.
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