"A SERIOUS MENACE."

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 11

"A SERIOUS MENACE."

■j : l\ \'l- ' ,'»■ , | .;,"-.; ACTION BY: INSTITUTE OF'iHARINE / ; ;-v: ' ENGINEERS.'.. ■' -.'The- following■ resolutioa was ' carried; unanimously at a : meeting of thd Institute of'-Marine;Engineers,held on .Monday:— "That'.this: institute recognises l .the urg-: , ent necessity of ■ taking action to ' protect ■thejship' 'owners and crews of this'.'DominJoa gainst-unequal competitibriw and .re-. specffiilly /urges :■. thb Right,' Hoiiburablo:' ■I'lielPriine/Minister; the 'Honourable";the. Mimste'r;'ior:;Maritie, ; ah'd:otieriiMiiisters, ,of / the: .Crowh,'.; ■. and.' .members i ;of - both' ■ of .the; Legislature.'to;,take.:sfeps; ,\tb;ich<^: ; !what..;pTora'i^'.:.tio.'beVa!; serious"; .■meMce; to.ithe', : employers' ;and '.wage - earners, .as well, as • to? the', shipping 'industryi \of :New.:.;Zealand;..and it .is further urged' i that 'immediate'.steps ■; be'; taken''./to■ make: ; t«rraS;'.:with'' r th'e:.:,C^ ■ tralia'.'.and ."'the .'Dominion'.' of/i New ■ Zea- ■ 'IjuitU fc .arrange, a reciprocal'^treaty- com-' .rolling.s'vessels: trading;, between' the . two': -Sm'd-: on'.the coasts.-thereof v to' 'leycl up:!to :.tb!e'-.standard WiuiredOby the' .Navigation' Acts country/to.whiclr ■ship owners .are-compelled-, to.: subscribe,: iand' that Parliament, bo''respectfully asked' ■to-'insist' upon l the (rights. ojf,':the vConWmonwealth. and v .this Dominion;'to.-make', regulations ;ia' accord 'with ?this. resolution', 1 'as.'is'.the,case /'with".the- 'Dominion of 'Canada." ':';','.';.■''■.. :. > : v.;-. : ;. : ;">"■■;'.' .;':-.•'.'. ;:'.'■>