BUILDING NEW SHIPS.
YARDS TO BE WORKED TO THE UTMOST CAPACITY. ■Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! LONDON, January 11. Sir J. Maclay (Shipping. Controller) has begun his work energetically, and has arranged for a rapid acceleration of the construction of new tonnage. Every shipjrard on the east ;coast and west coast will shortly be working to its utmost capacity, and additional labor will be made available, especially for ships nearihg completion. Passenger boats being, constructed will be ! utilised wholly for cargo purposes. Another immense prospect is the construction of many vessels of great tonnage as naval auxiliaries. These will be standardised ships of simple design, constructable with the utmost rapidity, and when commissioned they will release more than an equal number of merchantmen now on naval service. Tt is expected that piecework will be introduced as a war measure throughout the ' shipyards, as it is found that piece-workers produce 50 per cent, more than day workers.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14195, 12 January 1917, Page 3
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