ALLIES' SHIPPING NEEDS
TBREE NATIONAL YARDS IN BRITAIN
London, November U. Mr. T. J. Macnamara (Secretary to tho Admiralty) announced in tho House ; of Commons that three national 6hip- ; yards are to be constructed, and that a fourth will probably bo necessary to i meet tho requirements of the country. The War Cabinet approved tho scheme ~ Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ! A DEAL WITH nHaLS AND JAPAN j 400,000 TONS ARRANGED FOR. ] i New York, November 14 Tho New York "Times" Washington , correspondent states that the United ■. States has completed arrangements with ; European neutral countries and Japan ; to transfer to tho Allies more than , 400,000 tons of shipping which is m Unit- •, ed States ports. Neutrals will receive ; in return foodstuffs. Japan sold a large , percentage of the tonnage for steel ; plates. Dutch ships will be used for ; transporting wheat from Australia to tho , United Statcs.-Aus-N.Z. Cable Assn. | FEDERAL SHIPBUILDING EARLY START PREDICTED. Sydney, November 15. Mr. W. M. Hughes, in outlining the :. now shipping proposals, said that all tho unions except one had accepted tne , Government's conditions. Ho J">P ecl , . a ; start would be made on tho first ship : shortly.—Press Association.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 45, 16 November 1917, Page 5
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