SHIPPERS LOSE HEAVILY
LONDON LOSSES^ OF £3,000,000. (I'm- tvuHß Association Copyright.) (Received January 29, 11.10 a.m) r j t , JjOjsl>OJ><, January 28; Lord Inchcape's letter regarding ±h& mercantile marine has caused attention to be paid to the serious pilfering ?S^° Verßeas cargoes > which »* is <*- tunated causes a loss m London alono til?: 6'/ 3 'ooo/ 000 yA.° The W trahan Press Association i s informed • b^i ship owners m the Australian trad© that losses frequently amount to £2000 sterling per clipper per voyage; One company recently showed its pflferinK l«at the rate of £250,(^0 %£ Owners are unable to allocate the chief leakage among shipping houses packers, railways,, British "dofkersaSl Australian wharf labourers. They point out that pilfering, by crews ia negligible and easily 8 ' dfcSfibS trom th 0 expert methods used prior to shipment, by which repacked pilfered' cases are not able to be detected
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9430, 29 January 1921, Page 5
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