Manila, May 7.
The Philippine Assembly yesterday morning approved a bill for the ex~ penditure of Pesos 10,000,000 for non military defence measures and a bill for extending to the President emer~ gency powers in accordance with President Manuel Quezon's.request, 'At the same time, the" Assembly' empowered President to nefotiate with the United States. authorities for obtaining Pesos 200,- 00,000 credits from the United States Export-Import Bank, and military aid under the Lease-Lend Act—Domel, Chinese Mili ary Mission In Malaya Singapore. May 6.
'A Chinese military mission which recently completed & toug of Burma and India, has arrived at Penang and will tour Malaya for about o fortnight Before returning to China, They are expected to arrive at Singapore about the end of the week—Reuter, Cellancous goods, and that the present minimum tariff will be levied on more than 400 articles of Japanese manufacture.
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