The Archive · 1925

Big Dockyard Scheme for Manila

'<4 Proposal for Equipment to Deal with Largest Pacific Ships Manila, Feb. 10.

'A movement for the establishment here of a drydock and yards. of sufficient capacity to accommodate the largest ships on the Pacific has. been started by shipping men and Tt was pointed flag which make Manil are compelled to proceed to Hongkong or Shanghai when repairs of any' considerable necessary.

The plans +o far discussed pro-recommendation to the drydock and which, it ited of great benefit, nat only to Philippine inter-inland shipping and American shipping, but also to foreign ships which come to this port—Reuter's Pacific Service.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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