SHIPS TAKEN OVER.
[Rec. 8.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, July IG. i Sixty-tlirec ships engaged in inter- i Btate trade in Australia have been i taken over by the Commonwealth. < They will be managed as a fleet under 1 -lie control of the Shipping Board. < The Alinister of Commerce, announc- ] ng the Government’s decision tolight, said tho purpose was to strengthen and render Australia’s ( shipping resources capable of ready , nanipulation to meet the needs of an c imergency. 4. <.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 193, 17 July 1941, Page 8
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77SHIPS TAKEN OVER. Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 193, 17 July 1941, Page 8
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