CUNARD FLEET TO BE DOUBLED.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15466, 10 March 1921, Page 8

CUNARD FLEET TO BE DOUBLED.

. LONDON, Jan.. 12.--N.Il shows considerable confidence;. in- tho . industrial nrospeets qf the Kingdom that tho, Cunard; Company should issue to the public this week four millions in 7 per cut. debentures. Sir Alfred Bpoth 'chairman) intimates that ‘fit is - tho intention of tho company to double its leel befqi’o tile end .of T 922. This great programme of, shipbuilding will provide york for thousands of men whoso outlook. would otherwise be gloomy.” lie went oil. to.say : “The Cunard-. Company cannot be satisfied with tliedovel of past achievement,, but must stHyo.'.to occupy i . portion, ,at: any rate, of the ; p}ape vhioh. was filled before tho -war by German steamers, By the Cunard Company’s association with - the 'Anchor aiid Brocklebank Lines to India,”, added Sir Alfred,, “and with ' the i-Commonwealth aiul Dominion Line to ./Australia and Now Zealand, it has a wider .sphere of usefulness than ever before , in. building up British Empire traded’; ;