SHIPBUILDING CONTRACT.
TO BE KEPT IN BRITAIN. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, May 15. As a result of prolonged negotiations a £2,000,000 contract for eight 12,000 to 14,000-ton ships for the Blue Star Line will be kept in Britain, the shipowners giving substantial preference over foreign tenders. British shipbuilders will undertake the work at considerable loss in order to prevent an extension of unemployment.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 May 1925, Page 5
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63SHIPBUILDING CONTRACT. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 16 May 1925, Page 5
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