AMERICA'S MIGHTY EFFORT.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13934, 17 July 1917, Page 6

AMERICA'S MIGHTY EFFORT.

ta ri t ENORMOUS VOTE FOR AVIATION CONSTRUCTION. I ' COMPREHENSIVE SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMME, > 1,1 '' • (Australian ana New fceai&nfl OaWo AssoCifition.) - WASIi/nGTON, July 15. The' House has passed a vote of C40,000,01i0- dollars, .for iiYiation construction. -

(Australian and Now Zealand Cajilt^saooiation'.)Colonel Goothal's fin.il plans for ship construction provide for 448 wooden and 477 steel vessels, of a /total of 4,711,000 tons, besides taking over 1,500,000 tons privately constructed, - The total, with the present merchantmen, America, nearly 9,000,000 tons within two years.

The shipyards will remain under, the present management, with Government supervision. (Auitralian and New Zealand Cable Association.) NEW YORK, July 15. The president of a shipbuilding company has announced that he has contracted to build from 'forty to one hundred ships for a 'European ally costing from 18,000,000 to 19,000,000 dollars. He refused to name the contracting Government. ■ SYDNEY, July 16. A large body of soldiers," returned soldiers and civilians marched in-procession to the headquarters of the I.W.W. and declared tlicir intention of smashing the-organisation. After a skirmish mounted and foot police dispersed the mob.- !... .'. . (Australian and New 26' aland Cable Association.) * ; ' : V WASHINGTON, July 15. A proclamation prohibits Germaii-owried marine insurance companies operating hi the United States on the ground that they would be able to transmit shipping information to Germany. ■