'Three new motor ships of 12.000 tons, and with a speed of 17 knots, will' be built shortly by the Royal Packet Navigation Ca., for which the JELL. are the local agents, The vessels will operate on the Capetown Shanghai run, with calls at South African ports, Singapore, and Hong-bong.
"The ships will have sccommedation for 83 first class passengers: d_ 90) cabin class, and will be named Ruys, 'Tegelberg,' and Boissevain, after three prominent Netherlands, shipping magnates. No date has been set for the laying down of the keels.
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