ON THE SEA.
SHIPBUILDING RESULTS. FOR THE JUNE QUARTER. London, July 0. The Admiralty, announces that 134,150 tons of merchantmen were completed in the United Kingdom in June, as compared with 197,274 tons in May. The total for the year ending June 6 is 1,481,150 tons. The controller of merchant ship building comments that it is encouraging to note that the tonnage of merchantmen completed in the United Kingdom for the quarter ended June 6 shows an increase of 78 per cent, over the corresponding quarter of 1917 Aus. NX Cable Assoc. The figures for the quarter are:— ' 1917. IMS. tons. tons. April 09,711 115,533 Mav 69,773 197,274 June 109,847 134,1«u Total 249,331 440,937 The losses in May were 224,735 tons.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1918, Page 5
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121ON THE SEA. Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1918, Page 5
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