Tho war has had an extraordinary effect on, the shipping industry, old vessels fr>r which only breaking-up prices could have been realised 18 months ago finding ready purchasers at Cardiff and other ports At £10 and £11 per deadweight ton—considerably more than they were worth when newly built. A 10-year-old steamer of 6000 tons, which sold for £25,000 in 1911, changed hands recently for £60,000. The Czar of Russia, is a remarkably good whist player. When times are normal a game of cards ia a constant rocroatioja of bia.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16591, 14 January 1916, Page 5
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89Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Daily Times, Issue 16591, 14 January 1916, Page 5
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