“Blue” over paint
(\.7.. Press Association) AUCKLAND, Jan. 14. By the time the special blue enamel is carefully rolled and brushed on to the Royal Yacht Britannia now in Auckland it will have 'cost, nearly $6 a pint — not nearly $6O. The “Guardian” in London consulted the Ministry of Defence on the cost of the consignment, did some suras — land came up with the wrong i answers. The 80 gallons, plus air freight, cost $3488. said the “Guardian,” which worked out at $438 a gallon, it said. The cost really is $43.60 a (gallon, ■ The “Guardian’s” further | calculations that the paint icost $54 a pint should have (read $5.45.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33433, 15 January 1974, Page 3
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109“Blue” over paint Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33433, 15 January 1974, Page 3
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