SHIPBUILDING WORK.
STEADY UPWARD TENDENCY! [ (Australian ana N.Z. Cable Association.) (Reuter's Telegram.) _ LONDON, AprU 3. Figures are announced dealing with [ the building of ships during the past year. Figures showing tHe tonnage of ! merchantmen built m United Kingdom 3'ards. during the year ended March 31, 1917> as compared with the ended' March 31, 1918, are as fbllows : — Gross tons. 1917 ... .692,225 1918 ... .-;. -....-■. ... 1,237>515 ' The output of shipping shows a steady upward tendency, reaching the : record of 161,647 tons m March; 1918. The; men* are working loyally and have taken; to heart the anxiety caused by- the comparatively low outputs for January (58,568 tons) and February (100,038 tons).
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14571, 5 April 1918, Page 3
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