London, Oct. 27.
'A contract for 20,000 tons of armour plating for two new battleships will ba placed shortly by the Admiralty, "According to the "Dally Telegraph' the armour plating for the two shi will cost about. £0,000,000 which Is largest. single sum spent for this purpose since the Great War. Con-Struction of the new ships will begin ju January—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min.
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