THE AGE OF STEAM
IS IT PASSING?
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.
GREAT PROGRESS MADE
BY CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Jan 7, 10.10 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 6.
The sustained development of motor ships is recorded in Lloyds’ Quarterly Register, showing that the world’s shipyards are at present constructing 924,000 tons of shipping fitted with internal combustion engines, compared with 1,531,000 tons equipped with steam engines. Germany, Scandinavia. and Holland are building 417,000 tons of motor ships, compared with only 143,000 tons of steamers. British yards at December 31 were constructing a total tonnage of 1,297,000, which is 98,000 below last year’s figure.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 January 1925, Page 5
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