Hongkong, Apr. 7.
Forming part of the 000,000 scheme for equipping E merchant ships with gun-mountings, Hongkong's private dockyards today were authorized to—und. structural British of vessels cal The large appropriation for such a defensive scheme contained in the 1939 naval estimates. London reports said that the appropriation calls for the equipping of 75 per cent, of Britain's merchant marine with gun mountings The majority of the merchant ships, it was understood, will be equipped for four-inch mountings to carry guns and ammunition in holds ready for mounting on decks at a moment's notice.—United Press,
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