A SHIPPING DEAL.
A HUNDRED SHIPS INVOLVED. Received May 20, 9.25 p.m. New York, May 19. The Journal of Commerce learns that the International Mercantile Marine Co. is negotiating for the sale of a hundred . of its British ships to British interests. ' The transaction, if completed, will in- '■ volve 900,000 tons and more than one hundred million dollars. The ship# in-, elude several well-known White Star vessels, also forty-four freighters.. The identity of the purchasers ia doubtful, but it is believed Ixird Inchcape and. Lord Pirrie are associated with thai transaction.—'Press Association.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 May 1918, Page 5
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92A SHIPPING DEAL. Taranaki Daily News, 21 May 1918, Page 5
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