GERMAN MARINE RECOVERY.
SHIPYARDS WORKING OVERTIME ' (Received Tuesday, 7 p.m.) BERLIN, March 14. Germany's phenomenal mercantile marine recovery has been emphasised by Hcrr Cuno's declaration at a congress of German shipowners to the ■effect that the 600,000 tons left by the Versailles treaty has already been raised to 3,200,000 or 2,000,000 below the pre-war standard. He pointed out the great moral effact produced by the reappearance of German ships throughout the world as evidence of Germany's unbrokor vitality. A significant point is that 4 per cent, of the commercial fleet 1, less than five years old; whereas the world's average is 16 per cent, furthermore. German ships were superior in loading, unloading, safe ty devices and speed, especially '''vßi srlvters. He also emphasised that the whole of the pre-war long-distance rqutes liad been recaptured, and the wliole or English shipyards ars at ,& cpmparativelywlow, ebb. Cf erman' are •working overtime^,; .,.,,<
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 March 1927, Page 5
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