Launched London, Dec, 9.
The Dragonfly, the Mest of two new wzunboats for the Yangtze, was launehyesterday from Messrs. John 1 Thornycroft & Company's shipyards, The vessel, which is 585 tons, embodies now ideas in both armament and protection, and has a new type of stern permitting a much bigger propeller than those on similar craft—Reuter, Lady Dent, wife of Sir Francis Dent, officiated at the launching ceremonies for H.M.S, Dragonily, INS. Grasshopper, the other vessel to join the China Sas Flest in the near future, is still in the yards, At luncheon after the launching ceremony, Sir John Thornycroft declared that his firm had also received 'a contract from the Admiralty to recondition the monitor ship, H.M.S. Erebus, built in 1916—Havi Anti-Epidemic Work in China to Continue srtctat 10 rie "Ky London, Dee, Necessary credit would be included the "1939 Budget of the League of Nations, for the maintenance of the present anti-epidemic work in China and continuance of normal technical collaboration, said Mr. R.A Butler, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons yesterday.
Mr. Butler's statement was made in answer to a question by Mr. Robert Morgan, National Conservative member for the Stourbridge division of Worcester, who urged Joint action by the Powers to alleviate the misery and sufferings of Chinese civilian refugees.
Anti-epidemic work and technical collaboration, Mr. Butler added, were in accordance with the scheme whic! the Chinese Government had sul mitted to the Assembly of the Leagi of Nations, in September, and which the Assembly had accepted in prin. ciple—Reuter.
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