SHIP-BUILDIING SCHEME.
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(Received July 20, 12.50 p.m.) ■""■■■- WASHINGTON, July 24. Colonel Goethals and Mr ...penman will^resighi ; .' ' / ,'/ ' ■
Admiral Cappa will succeed Mr Denrha'n : 'as;: 'chairman .of "'the ■ Shipping Board, and 'Mr Edward Hurley succeeds Colonel Goethals as head of the Eni'erg%hcy Fleet Corporation.
[A message from Washington on July 18 was as follows:—The carrying out of the shipping programme has hoc*;'delayed, owing to^a controversy between Colonel Goethate, head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and Mr Denman, chairman of the Shipping BoaFd. .Colonel Goethajs desires to returii icommandeered British ships to Britaini, while Mr Denman favours holcUft&'them- permanently. They are also unable to agree on the question of purchasing or leasing land on which to construct shipyards.)
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9053, 25 July 1917, Page 5
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