AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING.
APPEAL TO THE BIDS,
NEED FOR GREATER EFFORT.. A. and N.Z; ,;WASI|IN6TON; : April. 3.;, Mr.' E.,N. Hurley, , Director. t»f 'Ship? ping Construction, telegraphed to (hi heads of the shipyards; "We lire disappointed at the-output for March, and ' expect a record production for vApril* Ships are absolutely necessary. - You must ' work night and day all overtime possible.'. , '< America expects ships, not excuses..". . ■ The ships delivered in March aggregated 166,700 tons. The 'Washington correspondent of the New York Times states that arrangements. have been, made to use an additional 250,000 tons of Japanese shipping for the '" trans-Atlantic service for transporting troops and munitions. ''','. ' :"- ';'■■' i: _; : • C '-; (M
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16816, 5 April 1918, Page 5
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