BIG SHIPPING DEAL
BY UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. :
(Received November 27. 11.20 p.m.) (WASHINGTON. November 26; 4 '
It is officially announced' “that the United States Government will' purchase eighty-three vessels, approximating one million deadweight tons, from the international mercantile marine, thus preventing the ownership of vessels passing into British hands. An English syndicate was negotiating for the purchase of the vessels.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10138, 28 November 1918, Page 5
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