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[ReUTKIC Tki.kuhamn. J lIKMIV 101(1). NHW VOIIK. May 11. It is announced that .Mr llenrv Ford is prepared to buy four hundred of the Bnited States Shipping Board’s vessels, providing that the price is reasonable. .Mr T. V. O'Connor (Chairman of the Shipping Board) states that the price will not stand in the way. so long as the boats are going into American hands and will tlv the American Hap. it is understood ii Mr llenrv Ford secures the vessels, he will select from tlurtv to titty of those most suitable for trading inii]o es. and will scrap the remainder.
A NKW CABI.F. NKW VO UK. .May 11. The Western l-.'leeirie Collipimy of Chicago announces Hull it will lay a cable link from Victoria -.British Columbia lo Suva, and that the work will he piit in hand at nine.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 May 1925, Page 2
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