SHIPPING CONTROL
BRITISH REQUISITION FEARS OF OWNERS POST-WAR PROBLEMS (Reed. Jan. 8, 1.50 run.) LONDON. Jan. 7. The Government’s decision to requisition shipping evoked a storm of protest. The Financial News says that if the owners are unable to earn sufficient to permit the putting by of substantial sums for post-war re-equipment of the fleets f-hev will be placed at a most serious strategic disadvantage after the war as neutral owners are piling ui) tremendous profits. On the contrary, grain circles appear to welcome the control of shipping and claim that it will ensure more effective transport of gram and ruber commodities.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19400108.2.95
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20139, 8 January 1940, Page 8
Word Count
102SHIPPING CONTROL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20139, 8 January 1940, Page 8
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in