JAPAN.
FEVERISH SHIPBUILDING. .IMPROVING'-THE SHINING HOUR, Received May. 9, 7.30 p.m. Tokio, !May 9. Japan is rapidly (becoming a first-class shipping power. She added 140,0Q0 tons in 1916, and a further 00/0$ eiote'ftjje new year. The merchant fetiinow comprises 11,372 ship®, whereof 218S are steamers totalling 2,333,000 tons. There is feverish activity, in the shipyard. The Japs are not even content) with monopolising the commerce of the Pacific. POWDER FAOTOKY: EXPLOSION'S. ;i ,T Reuter Service. , :. : Received May % 7.2(3 p.m. San Francisco, May 9. Japanese advices show that the powder'factory explosion in Osaka killed 'SO- - did extensive damage
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1917, Page 5
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