NEW LINER FOR FRANCE
Government Concern At High Cost (Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON. March 21. France was facing a serious problem in her plans for building a new transAtlantic liner in place of the Normandie, according to Roger Duveau. Under-Secretary of State for the Merchant Naw. says the Paris correspondent of “The Times.” Mr Duveau said French shipyards were asking for £31.000.000 to build the proposed 55,000-ton liner, while the maximum price abroad was about £18.000.000 for such a vessel. No final decision had been taken, but the Government was contemplating the possibility of a smaller vessel of about 35.000 tons. Another possibility was that the Government might decide to wait for further progress in the field of nuclear energy before ordering the new ship.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19560322.2.73
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27924, 22 March 1956, Page 11
Word Count
128NEW LINER FOR FRANCE Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27924, 22 March 1956, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in