ELECTRIC AGE.
CONVERTING AMERICAN MERCHANT SERVICE.
By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. (Received 7.30 p.m., June 17.) WASHINGTON, June 16.
The United States is preparing to electrify the entire merchant marine, converting hundreds of Governmentowned trading vessels into motor
The campaign to rejuvenate the service makes a strong factor in the world’s commerce and can be aecom. plished in two ways: Firstly, by tho Government converting its own vessels, and secondly, by lending money to private owners on a fifty-fifty basis for conversion purposes, or the purchase of converted vessels from the Government
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 18 June 1924, Page 9
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