IDLE VESSELS.
RAIDED BY THIEVES. - FURNISHINGS REMOVED. WHEN RIVER FROZEN. By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 28, 12.20 a.m. New York, March 27. The murder of a watchman disclosed the fact that 164 United States Shipping Board vessels, which are anchored in the Hudson River, near New York, owing to lack of freights, have been raided, and furnishings removed valued at nearly a million dollars. The operations were conducted during the winter, when the river was frozen, the loot being carried over the ice. More than five hundred men composed the skeleton crews who are supposed to be guarding the vessels, and it is believed these co-operated with the thieves.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. MILLIONS OF TONNAGE. London, March 27. ” There are now over two million tons of shipping, British and foreign, lying idle in the 36 principal ports of the United Kingdom, of which 1,900,000 tons are British. Altogether 2y 4 million tons of British shipping are unemployed, out of a total of 18 million tons. The position of American shipping is worse. Five million tons of American State-owned shipping, out of a total of 12J million tons, are idle, in addition to a large amount privately owned.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 March 1922, Page 5
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196IDLE VESSELS. Taranaki Daily News, 28 March 1922, Page 5
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