BRITAIN LEADS IN WORLD OF SHIPPING.
. . .pi. , . » OITAWAi Aug. ■ j&.—Harrison Watson, chief. Cauadiaft, Trade. Commissioned m the United -Kingdom-!. i*Uf a. report- to the Government* -emphasises the success bf the United Kingdom m resuming her fonper place.of supremacy m shipbttilding held in A prewar ; days*; He stated that owing to the uninterrupted increase m the. tonnage of merchant vessels under construction; m July, the United Khig*: dom has almost reversed, 'her of a year :ago' in.^co^i^^Qtt: ? \ with r the United 'States,./ ■- , ; X-. . \; y y . ;.y Jy A ye^r ago the tonnage building ; m the United : States .exceeded., (ftat yunjier coiistrUd.tioh m "the t/nitedf kingdom by 1,350,000 tons, whiTV,the v sUrplttsyat the present 1 time m favor of the United Kingdom is about ; 1j470,'0Q0; tons. "It seems ' scaVipely , 'heeeßsary \ to state," says Mr: .Watson -in. his report, "that , the extraordihary increase i"i.n American ship construction which' toolplace' during the vrar v waa dve 1 to -unique circumstanCos > which h'aVo hb# lai-gely passed away." - ' y , 'y ■■'- ;r
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15320, 16 September 1920, Page 5
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