UNITED STATES.
THREATENED STRIKE. New York. March 15. Representatives of the railways and unions have begun a conference to attempt a settlement of the threatened strike. BIG SHIPBUILDING PROPOSALS. New York, March 15. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune states that the Government Shipping Board is considering an expenditure of 50,000,000 dollars on the construction of a fleet of 2000 wooden cargo ships, of standardised design, to counteract the submarine campaign. Representatives of 1!) shipyards 0 are conferring with the Shipping Board as to the time required to build 1000 ships.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 March 1917, Page 5
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93UNITED STATES. Taranaki Daily News, 17 March 1917, Page 5
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