6 APRIL 1918, Page 2

We are glad to learn from the Times of Wednesday

that the Government will pay particular attention in the immediate future to the National Shipyard at Chepstow. As we have often explained, this yard, after being taken over from its private owners by the Government, was neglected, in order that other schemes for creating new yards out of almost virgin soil might be pursued. If the Chepstow Yard, which was not far from completion when it was commandeered, had been kept properly at work, there would already have been an appreciable output from it. This is the one National Shipyard which promises an immediate return. We do not know whether we may take the change of plan as the firstfruits of Lord Pirrie's administration, but it is at all events a wise decision.