P. AND O. COMPANY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16608, 4 December 1919, Page 4

P. AND O. COMPANY.

j MORE SHIPS TO BE BUILT.

{'By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright

f LONDON, Not. 29. ! The P. and 0. Shipping Company’s ■ report states that the company has contracted with Messrs. Harland and Wolf to supply five steamers suitable ■ for the Australian emigrant and cargo service, via the Cape. The vessels will , be 13,800 tenners and will be called the Ballarat, Bulramald, Baradine, Barra- ; bol, and Bendigo. i The P. and 0. Company has also .■ contracted with Messrs. Armstrongs for 1 u mail steamer of 15.800 tons. The : company’s passenger steamers will burn ' oil to facilitate loading, j The P. and 0. Company, after plncJ ing £450,000 to the contingent fund for !. overhauling steamers badly knocked i about by the war, and £200,000 to the i reserve, have a credit balance of £651, I 257. They carried forward £115,230. 1 Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.