THE ALLIED SHIPPING POOL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 10, 7 October 1918, Page 6

THE ALLIED SHIPPING POOL

' IMPORTANT AGREEMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR (It'ec. October 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 5. •The Press Bureau states: "The Allied Maritime Transport Council has reached .'important agreements on the policy of governing the allocation cf tonnage for the ensuing year for the American Army and inter-Allied supply of food, munitions, anfl other commodi-ties.—Aus.-N.Z.' Cable Assn.-Router.-A UNITED STATES MEASURE. ( (Rec. October 6, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, October 4. A Bill has been passed by the House and sent to the Senate authorising the President to control the exports from and to the, Philippines. Tho object of the measure is to release ships for moving wheat from Australia to the United States—Aus.-N.Z. Cable' Assn.

AMERICA'S SHIPPING OUTPUT AN ADDITIONAL PROGRAMME. \ . Now York, October 3: • The New lork "Times" "correspondent at Washington states that Mi. Hurley (chairman of the United States Shipping Board) lias announced an additional shipbuilding programme for the construction of 464 vessels, totalling 1,800,000 dead weight tons, of which 210 will be steel and 244 wooden vessels.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable .Assn.

BRITAIN'S MARITIME PRESTIGE / STATEMENT BY LORD INOHCAPE. (Bee. October 6, 5.5 p.m.) ; London, October 5. Lord Inchcape, chairman of the P.' and O. and other companies, states that it is calculated that the British Empire has lost eight million tons of merchant . shipping .by the enemy's action. \We would be unable to replace those losses. Meanwhile Japan had gone ahead' with enormous strides, and was reaping a harvest of high freights. America was building at 'a great rate, and he was afraid of what the position would N be after the war. It would take many years before British shipping could recover its pre-war place, but if industry were unhampered by Government control they would carry on and recover their supremacy—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. .

THREE AMERICAN VESSELS LOST (Rec. October 6, 6.5 p.m.) I " New York, October 4. : The United States scout "patrol" has been sunk by an internal explosion. A number are missing.. The' Navy Department announced that the steamer Sanaaba was sunk by a mine in Amorican waters. Many are believed to have been lost. ( An i American freighter waß.sunk off tlie cVmst. There is' no trace of the crew.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.