The Free Press states that at a grandmothers’ afternoon tea gathering in Balclutha recently the combined ages of the 16 old ladies present totalled 11S0 years —an average of nearly 72. Last year's output of merchant shipping was a record one. According to Lloyd’s Register of Shipping 618 vessels of 2.055.621 tons were launched in the United Kingdom Tin's is 435,182 tons more than in 1919, and 142,317 tons move than in 1913. the previous record year. Of the total, 846,403 tons, or over 41 per cent., was for owners residing abroad.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3500, 12 April 1921, Page 41
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92Page 41 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Witness, Issue 3500, 12 April 1921, Page 41
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