NEW MERCHANT SHIPS.
GOiNTRACT WORTH £1,000,000. ORDER FOR BRITISH YARDS. (Received June 0. 5.5 p.m.) A. gmd N.Z.-Sun. LONDON, June 8. r lsio Blue Star Lino has let a contract for nino vessels. Tho cost aggregates £1,000,000. l!he work will bo placed in British yar*3s, in spite of the fact that tenders from tho Continent wero £162,000 lower 'Hie Blue Star Lino, which has its headquarters in London, has a fleet of some 20 vessels, several of which are engaged in iho cold storage trade. Their total tonnage is over 140,000 tons. The names of tiieir vessels all end in star, such as Vikingstar. COMMONWEALTH LINE DEAL. PURCHASE BY WELSH FIRM. A. «d N.Z. SYDNEY. June 8. Tho sale is reported of the steamers Port Lincoln and Port MacQuarie, of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, to Messrss. R. J- Thomas and Company, of Anglesey. i Tto ships will be nsed in future for ' ;radijn}g between Britain and South Africa, <
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19659, 10 June 1927, Page 11
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