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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 243, 8 July 1921, Page 6

In a recent speech the British Shipping Controller spoke with reasoned confidence of the ability of the British shipbuilding industry to hold its own against all ’comers. Years and years of promiration and experience were necessary for a nation to build up a great shipbuilding industry, and Britain alone had passed through that essential period. He saw great advantages, too, from tho difficulties which surrounded all industrial enterprises at the present time. Improvements did not come when business was good aud everything was booming'; genius and ability camo, to the front in time of depression. Speaking of the future of the oil engine for marine purposes, a field in which British marine engineers are making rapid strides, he referred to a British ship of 12.600 tons which had been out to the Far East and back at a speed of 12 knots and a consumption of oil of only about 20 tons per day. A steamship would have required about 80 tons of coal per day. A Prenß Association message from Melbourne states that there arc twelve lliml "cr "tors for tlio V.R.C. Grand NatW.m.l Steeplechase. There are no New Zealand horses among them.