MINISTRY OF SHIPPING
ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Received October 14. 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, October 13. A Ministry of Shipping has been established, under the direction of Mr. Gilmour, M.P. The “Financial News” understands that the Government’s war risk insurance scheme, which is at present confined to United Kingdom trade, is shortly being extended to include cargoes in British bottoms throughout the, world. The present rates are lower than those in the open market.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 October 1939, Page 7
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