Ships, like fish, are sold by weight.; Steamers are bought by the ton, . and < when it is remembered that salmon is often 3s a lb it seems absurdly cheap to pay only 4s 8d a ton for ships. The Marchioness of Bute, a South Wales; steamer of 7270 tons, has just been sold at that rate. This is the lowest prist at which any South Wales steamer bar been sold. The poor Marchioness war ; built in 1906, and ships age as quickly as; women- did in Jane Austen’s whef- .. to be 25 was to be put on :the shelf,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21827, 14 December 1932, Page 6
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99Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 21827, 14 December 1932, Page 6
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