COMMONWEALTH SHIPS
THE FIRST .LAUNCHING. {Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) ’ SYDNEY, March 25. The’ Pelung'fl, the first 'Commonwealth ship built at Walsh Island, has been launched. The keel was laid on September §th. She is of the Isherwood‘ type, and has a cargo capacity of ■ 5500. tons dead weigh’. . I ’ TO CONTROL RING. MELBOURNE, March 25. The Ministey of Shipping states that 'the Commonwealth Government has no intention of sitting down quietly and allowing itself to be squeezed' by the big shipping rim*. He considers' that no (fountry in the world is likely to suffer more than Australia through the action of the shipping ring. An extension of the shipbuilding programme of the ‘ Federal Government by the construction of four or more steel vessels shortly receive Cabinet considera- ’ tioii. The vessels are to be of 10,009 f . tons- each. They will be fitted with ' refrigerating space," and have a speed of 12| knots.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 72, 26 March 1919, Page 5
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