BRITISH SHIPBUILDING.
ACCELERATION OF WORK.
NAVAL AUXILIARIES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 1 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 11.
Sir Joseph Maclay, Minister in Charge of Shipping Control, has arranged for the rapid acceleration of the construction of new tonnage. Every shipyard on the East Coast and West Coast- will shortly be working to its utmost capacity. Additional labour will be made available, especially for ships nearing completion. Passenger boats now being constructed will bo utilised wholly for cargo purposes. Another immense project is tho construction of many vessels of great tonnage as naval auxiliaries. There will be standardised ships of simple design, capable of tho most rapid construction. When commissioned, they will release more than an equal number of merchantmen now in the naval service. It is expected that piecework will be introduced, as a war measure, throughout the shipyards, as it has been found that pieceworkers produce 60 per cent, more than dayworkers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16436, 12 January 1917, Page 6
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