DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT SHIPS.
(Australian uiiU A. j... Association)
London, luay 19. Speaking on the u.iiinn.iy cv ouij:ping voik3, Colonel .Leslie v.ilaon said fcJlt) ixliliU Ui/liwoi Oi anljjyiiig VtclS HUr acis,uy iur ciemoomsation and repatriation, jljio ivuni&ojLj .auucuuiOi u-u«i----ing contracts for 159 ships to Britishowners who surrorea loss&o;, vi ~ur. 'i'hti soui ua ships to. British oivncis ana of lo XoiCigncrs. Altogether tho Ministry u'uoxvoa for ships vvluch cost £io',&00,000. British ships over ouu tons before .the' war aggregateu ii-,JG-:;,jUi cuus. Tins was reduced to 15,300,000 tons at the beginning of ivio. ±. .0 ..,. I( . t; u Sfcauss pre-war conuage was .1,700,000;. mow it was 6,400,0uu. Ikiuiin had. c6n.si,rucued doi,iyzi) tons since, the armistice.
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Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15087, 2 June 1919, Page 6
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113DISPOSAL OF GOVERNMENT SHIPS. Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15087, 2 June 1919, Page 6
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