THE VANISHED SEA TRAFFIC
GERMAN PRESS BOASTS OF BUSY CONSTRUCTION YARDS.
London, June 2. The German newspapers publish statistics showing that the direct and indirect German shipping losses during the war witp approximately 800 vessels, totalling 2,'J00,000 tons, which is more than halt tho total pre-wsr tonnage. It is stated that the shipbuilding yards are at their busiest, constructing many merchantmen. Large shipping companies have OuO.OOl) tons under construction, including seven vessels of over 30,000 tons and four ot the largest freight-carriers in the world. British critics recall that when tho Reichstag recently discussed the Shipping Bill providing for State subsidies of sh;p : pin" companies the Socialist deputies declared that all mercantile shipping construction had ceased early in the and had not been resumed. The shipping yards were exclusively engaged in naval construction. Two-thirds of the shipwrights have been called up for military service.—Aus.-N.55. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 219, 4 June 1918, Page 4
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146THE VANISHED SEA TRAFFIC Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 219, 4 June 1918, Page 4
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