WORLD SHIPPING
MARCH QUARTER RETURNS * CONSTRUCTION TONNAGE British Wireless RUGBY. April 19 Lloyd's Register shows that on March 31 there were 116 merchant vessels of 000,815 tons gross under construction in Britain and Ireland. This total is 41,000 tons less than at the end of the previous quarter (when, however, the shipping completed was greater than usual) but is 74,000 tons greater than a year ago. During the March quarter work was begun oil 144,000 tons, an increase of 51,000 tons over the corresponding total for the previous three months. On March 31 there were throughout the world 1,269,000 tons under construction, of which total 43.8 per cent was being built in Britain and Ireland.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22090, 22 April 1935, Page 9
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115WORLD SHIPPING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22090, 22 April 1935, Page 9
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