Shanghai, Nov. 11. doubt many of you will remember that some months ago the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, made a statement in the House of Commons to the effect that the merchant tonnage under the British flag was as large as it was one year ago when the war began; last Tuescay evening when re\ viewing the war! situation, he made a similar statement and in view of the precent intensified U-boat menace it is gratifying to know that the tonnage position is being looked after, and this confirms the informaiw reaching us from well-known shipbuilding and repairing centres at Home.
The latest reports from the Clyde di ict indicate that an important feature of the shipbuild industry is that chips under £2 construction have been and are st I being completed well ahead of scheduled times, and this applies equally to Admiralty and merchant ships, All the: shipyards and marine engineering establishments are continually working at full capacity on account of the pressure for delivery of tonnage.
From the north-east coast one reads reports on nich the same Hines, and {vom the west coast of England ard from Wales comes the news that tie month of August, usually a holiday month, us. been one of increased tivity far beyond what has ever been experienced in- shipbuilding, marine] engineering and "ship repairing on those coasts, and this state of altai will continue to-the end of the wa!
Belfast also is playing her part maintaining our great, shipping sources. Te would make into: new being webleved by. the efforts of both employers and Ployees in, all branches of these ustrles, "There fs no doubt at 9 That similor nativities are forums heading other parts of the Empiry Just ox they did in the 1914-18 Great War,
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