GERMAN SHIPS
6MALL MERCHANT FLEET. NO ATLANTIC VESSELS. Iff T«l<mph.->?reu Asm.—Copyright. Received Feb. 16, 8.45 p.m. Berlin, Feb. 17. • The Hamburger Fremdenblatt states Germany only retains three per cent, of her pre-war-mercantile fleet. She does not possess a ship capable of crossing the Atlantic, or one which could even bring Swedish ore.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Alan. DISPOSAL OF LINERS. MIXED VIEWS IN AMERICA. Received Feb. 19, 10.10 p.m. Washington, Feb. 19. Members of the Shipping Board disagreed as to the advisability of selling German liners. In testimony before the Senate Comfflerce Committee, Mr. Payne advocated the step, The Vice-Chairman, Mr Stevens, adVjefd ajtain»t it, because of the uncertaintyjp' the valuation of the ships. SeallS bids received by the Shipping Board for twenty-one ships totalled more than twenty million dollars.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 February 1920, Page 5
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