BRITISH SHIPS.
AN INCREASE IN BUILDING. By Telejrapli-—Press Assn.—Copyright. , London, .Tan. 10. ' Lloyd's Register shows that nearly 1 three million tons of shipping were be- , ing built, in the United Kingdom at the 1 end of December,-being an increase oi 177,000 tons compared wftth September 30, and over a million more than lit the i end of December, 1918. Til.: present total includes fifty-five vessels of 10,000 tons and upwards. Nearly live million tons are being built abroad, a decrease of 205,000 compared with September 30. Owing to a decrease of half a million in the tonnage t building in the United States, the i world's total of nearly eight million 1 tons is about 187,000 lower than at Sep- i tember 30.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. »nd j Reuter. - j
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1920, Page 5
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