Kiangnan Dock to Complete Two by Next June Nanking, Jan. 21.
It is learnt at the Naval Ministry. that two new gunboats, Kiangning and Haining, are due to be completed at th Kiangnan Dock next work on a third began fa few weeks ago.
The three gunboats are identical construction and armaments, befg each 128 feet long, 28 fect wide, with n tonnage of 00 tons and Jdvaft of 6 fect. They will have speed of 11 knots, Besides being armed with two 3-inch guns Jand- four machine-guns, they will aleo be: equipped. with' short-wave fand long-wave wireless apparatus. The cout is, Tls. 150,000 for each The suggestion put forward by certain Russian organizations that} the Shanghai Municipal Council should appoint a successor to. the ate Mr, V. Grosse, who was chairman of the Ra Contmittee, was, Shanghai" Municipal cil definitely deck Jappoint no individual. Russian resident az Mr, Grosse's successor, but]
recommendation which' may] foe mac to. the Council by an organization which is recognised as head of the Russian com-
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