EMPIRE SHIPPING IN PACIFIC
♦ REPORTS OF EXPENDITURE NOT CONFIRMED (Received August 16, 8.37 p.m.) LONDON, August 15. Shipping circles in London decline to confirm reports from Canada that it is contemplated to spend £ 12,000,000 on the construction of the Empress of China sailing between Canada and Asia. The placing of such orders depends on agreement between the British and Dominion Governments. In any case, the figure being mentioned in Canada is considered too high, as it is expected that the two Canada to Australia steamers will cost £1,250,000 each, and building even at that figure would be uneconomic if they were left unaided against American competition.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21863, 17 August 1936, Page 10
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