BRITISH STANDARD SHIPS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 32, 1 November 1917, Page 5

BRITISH STANDARD SHIPS

FIVE COMPLETED. (Rec. October 31, 8.15 p.m.) London, October 30. In the House of Commons, Sir Leo Chiozza Money (Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller) stated thatj five standard cargo eteamers liad bcenl built up to October 25, each of 52005 . tone. Eighteen would be completed by» ; the end of December.—Ans.-N.Z. Cable | AB3n. ' ! '■■ SHIPPING CONTROLLER AND THUJ . U-BOAT MENACE. The first of the standardised 6hips built to the order of the British Got-, ernmont completed her final tests and: : was put into commission as a carco, carrier for the nation in August. In; ■ every respect the trial proved an uM : qualified 6uccoss. The- Iced was laid ln.| February this year. Tho Shipping Con-! troller, Sir Joseph P. Maclay, question.' •: ed during tho trial trip, said with re-, "ard to the submarine menace that there, ■ never was a disease for which there was] not found a cure or a partial cure, andi •-,. already a considerable advance has becnj ; made, as was proved by the considerably.! reduced number of steamers lost. Sir Leo Chiozza Money, Parliamentary, ; Secrotarv to tho Shipping Controller,. ! said: "This ship marks the first etep| , in tho great programme of shipbuilding) which is deeiped, in. combination withf ; the great work of the Navy in its offan-: sivo against submarines, to bring Tie to) ■. tho happy point at which our gains m, ; new ships will compensate for low*. , At tho same time, America will bo eimi-( < larly developing her magnificent re-, : sources, and thus we hnve iho «*™oj i that within a certain period the sniPP" 1 ?. ' of tho Allies will exhibit a gain ins cad, , of a leas, in spite of aU the efforts of an. = unscrupulouß enemy. ;