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NO MORE WOODEN SHIPS.
(Reuter.)
VANCOUVER, April 20. The United States Shipping- Board has definitely decided against wooden ships, because they are slower and less economic than steel for- ocean voyages. Wherever possible wooden shipyards will bo converted into steel assembling yards. No more contracts for wooden vessels will be awarded by the Governments i n the United States or Canada. After-war demands arc recognised by the construe, tion of vessels capable of" carrying 8000 tone.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15495, 26 April 1918, Page 4
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76NO MORE WOODEN SHIPS. Wanganui Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15495, 26 April 1918, Page 4
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