FRENCH SHIPPING
ADMIRAL DARLAN’S PLANS CONCENTRATION ON MOTOR VESSELS. RENUNCIATION OF LUXURY LINERS. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) VICHY, July 23. Outlining a programme for the modernisation and increase of the French mercantile marine, Admiral Darlan said shipyards in future would concentrate on passenger and cargo motor-ships, with a speed of 20 knots. France would renounce luxury liners like the Normandie. Wealthy persons, wanting to travel quickly, will be obliged to use planes.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 July 1940, Page 5
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77FRENCH SHIPPING Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 July 1940, Page 5
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