UNITED STATES.
NEW TYPE OF DESTROYERS. 300 TO BE READY IN AUGUST. Received Feb. 2, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Feb. 1. Mr. Daniels (Naval Secretary) announced that America will have 300 destroyers of a new type ready in August by utilising the Ford owrks for the construction of standardised vessels 200 feet long, carrying two guns and having a record speed. LIMIT OF CONTROLLER'S TERM. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter, Received Feb. 3, 5.5 p.m. New York, Feb. 1. The Senate's Commerce Committee has passed a vote limiting the Government controller's term to eighteen months after the war, but giving President Wilson power to fix the rates.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 February 1918, Page 5
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