ondon, Aug. 29.
A large contingent of New Zealand-and ers consisting of pilots, sir gunners and naval airmen arrived in the United Kingdom yesterday for service in the Royal Navy and Fleet Air-Arm.
High Commissioner, General Officially welcomed the men at the port on arrival.—Reuter.
Canadian. National Railway) to Fairbanks, Alaska. This would enable through overland transportation from Seattle to Fairbanks. Such a highway, if later extended to the Bering Straits, would ultimately enable connection with trans-Siberian highways. A Siberian highway to East Cape, 57 miles across the. Straits from Alaska, is said to be scheduled for completion in 1942.
Active civil development in Alaska is expected to follow the development of defences. The territorial population is now about 70,000; and the. annual production is about $100,000,000, gold and fish being the measure items—United Press.
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