Ld., Dumbarton, have received from the Nippon' Yusen Kaisha, Tokio and L orders for two vessels, each long and about 5.000 tons gross. These vessels are for fast passenger service, and are to maintain a sea speed of 18% knots.
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Sir Leslie Mackenzie, who has been lecturing on town planning, incidentally remarked that the Lewis people were deserving of something good at the hands of the nation. He said that Lewis's contribution of man-power during the war was about 6,000 men, and that in some parishes conscription did not add a single man to the forces:
"he said, "had no wealth to give but its blood. It had given that."
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