STATE SHIPPING.
THE FAILURE IN AUSTRALIA. CaUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSN.! (Received Mav 2. 5 5 p.m.) LONDON, May 2. The shipping correspondent of the Morning Post, commenting on the n.vit-iting of tenders for the purchase of the Commonwealth line of steamers, says: This is a practical confession of the inability of a State to run shipping as a commercial enterprise. Shipping is a business, requiring the greatest skill in the hands of experienced private owners. In State enterprise, that personal skill is lacking.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXII, Issue 10002, 4 May 1925, Page 5
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83STATE SHIPPING. Gisborne Times, Volume LXII, Issue 10002, 4 May 1925, Page 5
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