In arguing the importance of holding a balance between the obvious advantages of standardization and the reduction, to a minimum, of types and the need for experimentation and adoption of the latest advances, he mentioned three development! recent years which had necessitated substantial alterations in design and. in their cumulative effect on speed and manoeuvre, even in strategy all-metal ' monoplane, engines super-eheiency, and variable -pitch air screw.
he Prime Minister went on to r to the comparison Mr. Dalton had drawn between the present day rate of production and that in the Great War.
Mr. Dalton, Mr. Chamberlain said, was comparing things as different as chalk from cheese. The first squadron of Bulldogs, formed in 1919, had a top speed of 120 miles an hour. The st squadron of Gauntlets, formed in 1625. had a top speed of 230 miles an hour. But now they had passed the 309 miles an hour mark, and Spitfires were the fastest fighter service squadrons anywhere in the world.
Four men, who were arrested on the scene following the gun fight, will be charged in the First Special District Court today with armed robbery. No weapons were seized up to a late hour last night. No injuries were reported, "The robbery took place ina Chinese building contractor's at 1401 Jessfield Road, Virtually surrounded by the police, one of the robbers leaped into a creek from an upstairs window at the back of the house. He swam and vanished into the dark and deserted country, where despite careful search, he escaped.
Seven men, three of whom were armed with pistols, entered the place shortly after 730 pr. An alarm was raised with the Bubbling Well Station over the telephone by someone who had apparently witnessed the entry of the gang, The turn-out was almost immi diate,. The foreign and Chinese detectives and also the Reserve Unit soon surrounded the place, The Japanese military police were also on the scene shortly after.
The rebbers had then herded all the occupants, about eleven in all, into a room on the top floor, As the pelisse broke into the house, a shot rang out. which was soon replied to. Some of the robbers had climbed over short walls into neighboring houses, Four of them were located in the vicinity, but three of them managed to escape, including the one who swam across a small creek.
After having searched the vicinity for over and a half hours, the police party finally returned with the four suspects.
The police had fired eight shots in the incident. Apparently no one had been hit.
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