RACE WITH SUBMARINE.
LAST YEAR'S DEBIT BALANCE. AMERICA'S HUGE 1918 EFFORTS. (Received 11.30 a.m.)
WASHINGTON, February 15.
A semi-official statement says that Britain and the United States produced 2,004,000 tons of shipping in 1917, wherea<r the total sinkings are estimated at six million tons. America's production for 1!)18 shows a tremendous increase.
The '"New York Tribune's" Washington correspondent says that the Government may <-eizc and control all shipyards.— (A. and N.Z. Cable, i
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 5
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