London, May 21.
During question time in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. A.V.) Alexander, the First! Lord of the Admiralty, announced that orders had been given for work to proceed on she 6 in. gun cruiser, Leander, to be built at De and on the! two destroyers to be built at Portsmouth.
Tenders for a destroyer flotilla. leader and for the two-remaining destroyers ars under consideration.
It 's also. pt to proceed forthwith with the building of two submarines of approximately 650 tons each and another of approximately 1,800 tons.
Mr. Alexander explained that considerable proportion of the 1929 programme had been cancelled and Yaat the foregoing represented the uncancelled portion. He pointed out that the original destroyer programme for 1029 consisted of a flotilla Teader and eight destroyers. The programme now amended consists of 'a leader and four destroyers. The question of future construction was now being considerod.—Reuter.
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