BRITISH SHIPBUILDING.
Little by little (ireat Britain i?. climb ing back to the position it held u, th» . shipping world before the war. The returns made by Lloyd's »hov that nearh . n half of the tonnage no.v o . tii* s('»k> iis building in British yard*-. The T."tuie I States, if still a senou? c< mpetitor. i> constructing k-s* than <;ije-hs!f of wbat ] Britain is building. The I".:ited States, however, now has a mercantile fleet such j as it has never before possessed, and is ' probably finding such difficulty in Us full employment that new orcers are not I forthcoming. The world as a. whole now ha- as much, shipping as was afloat be : tore the war, but freights remain tempf ! ing. and although prices are hich it will ; orobablv be some time before there will I be a break in the flow of orders to British | yardo.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17664, 28 December 1920, Page 5
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