BRITISH CONGRATULATIONS

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11610, 9 August 1918, Page 5

BRITISH CONGRATULATIONS

A MAGNIFICENT ACCOMPLISHfVIENT. New York, August 7. Mr Hurley, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, has removed congratulatory messages from Lord Northelitte and Sir J. Maclay. Lord Northcliffe cahled“Oongratulations to American shipyards on the occomplishment of a magnificent piece of war-winning work.” Maclay cabled: “Congratulate you heartily on your magnificent accomplishment, which is a further guarantee of the defeat of the submarine. We rejoice in the absolute assurance that the American military “effort, vast though it is, will be unhampered by lack of tonnage ”