BRITISH SHIPPING.
THE PACIFIC SERVICE. AN IMPROVEMENT HOPED FOR. TWO NEW SHIPS CONTEMPLATED. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, July 14.Lord Craigmyle and Sir Edward Beatty, chairman of the Canadian Paciflo Railway, have issued a joint statement saying: “The negotiations continue to make progress for the completion of an agreement to Improve the Pacific steamship service. The issue to selected shipbuilders of plans and -specifications for two new ships, and the Inviting of tenders for these vessels form the routine part of the negotiations which are proceeding between the interested Governments and the Canadian-Australasian Line. “There is a possibility of some unavoidable delay on account of the necessary departure of Dominion Ministers from England prior to the completion of the agreement.”
TONNAGE OF MERCHANTMEN. HIGHEST FOR SEVEN YEARS. DEARTH OF FOREIGN ORDERS. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, July 14. The gross tonnage of merchant shipping being built in Britain at the end of the June quarter was 1,199,973, the highest for seven years. Britain is now building 41.6 per cent, of the world tonnage under construction, compared with 50 per cent. In 1929, but a disappointing feature of the returns is 'the continued dearth of foreign orders.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20246, 15 July 1937, Page 9
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