SHIP INDUSTRY
PRE-FABRICATION WORK
Speaking last evening of shipbuilding activities in the Auckland area, the Minister of Supply and Munitions, Mr. Sullivan, said remarkable progress had been made. At the outbreak of war facilities for building ships in New Zealand were almost non-existent, most of the yards, particularly around Auckland, being used for either the repair of ships or the building of pleasure craft. The Government had undertaken a large building programme throughout the Dominion, and while there were not the resources for building large ocean-going ships, New Zealand could build many types of craft playing an important part in the Pacific war. . , Mr. Sullivan said contracts had been made for 270 vessels of different types, including many oceangoing ships. Pre-fabrication was being used here, as in other countries, with considerable success, and men in coach-building factories and structual engineering shops were making parts of the vessels.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 37, 13 February 1943, Page 6
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