STATE-OWNED STEAMERS.
SOUTH AFRICAN PROJECT. Dj Teleiraph-Pross Association-Copyrleht (Rec. November 1, 10.15 p.m.) London, November 1. Tlie South African Government has been inquiring among shipbuilders in Britain as to what it would cost to build a fleet of mail steamers, should tho State dccido to run its own vessels in conscquenco of tho non-rcccipt of tenders for tho ocean mail contract.
It has been ascertained that a Hoot of seven steamers would cost .£3,500,000.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1275, 2 November 1911, Page 5
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74STATE-OWNED STEAMERS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1275, 2 November 1911, Page 5
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