SHIPPING COMBINES.
GIGANTIC LOSSES. EXCESSIVE DOCK CHARGES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 8. (Received April 9, at 9.16 a_m.) Mr P. Morgan's Combine have been transferred to I/ondon. Mr Bruce Ismay, chairman of the English managers, has secured control. The Ships' Trust have sustained gigantic losses. Lord Lnverclyde, chairman of the Canard line, speaking at a meeting in Liverpool, said that if the company were hampered by increased dock charges they would transfer their fast skips to another port. They already paid higher dues than their rivals in Southampton, HavTe, Bremen, and Hamburg.
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Evening Star, Issue 12166, 9 April 1904, Page 6
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93SHIPPING COMBINES. Evening Star, Issue 12166, 9 April 1904, Page 6
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