INSULATED STEAMERS.
AN INCORRECT REPORT. • CBy Telegraph.—Press Association.) '"—>» WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Nearly three ago it was' stated ' in a cabled message from London that the Admiralty was commandeering aa ' increasing number' o: insulated steamers" for transport purposes without the steamship owners objecting. .".'." Tbe Prime"Slinister, immaßafjeK-: cabled to the- High Commissioner in-London on I the subjeel, and has now received a reply j that the cabled statement is nor correct | The Admiralty states that it faliy appreciates the importance of the frozen meat trade. Such vessels . are -not now requisitioned, and-those engaged w3I be released as jsbpn as pracSrcable*. The Admiraltj has taken altogether 56 frozen meat ships' Out of 230-employed. [ Those in use as< transports will be re--1 leased in -Jsnuary and February. The release of 12 others is uncertain, and nine wiE : be retained until the end of the (war. - - ' -
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 282, 26 November 1914, Page 5
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INSULATED STEAMERS.
Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 282, 26 November 1914, Page 5
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