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BRITISH SHIPBUILDING.

OLOSER CO-OPERATION URGED. BY CABLE —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, March’ll. The loss of the contract for five motor-ships, for which an order was placed in Hamburg, was discussed in the House of Commons. Mr. J. Connolly (Labour) argued that the German Government’s assistance to trade was far in excess of that given by Britain. He urged that the Government, should afford some relief from taxation to the shipbuilding and engineering industries. He also pleaded for closer co-operation among employers, and instanced a case which came under his own knowledge. Two firms were building sister ships. A certain department of one cost £9170 and a similar department in the other cost £23,700. Neither of these firms knew what the other was doing, though the ships were being built on opposite sides of the river. Mr. Walter Guinea* (Financial Secretary of the Treasury), in replying, said the lowest price offered fdr ihis contract here was £1,150,000, while the German price was £850,000. The Government had no machinery for dealing with such a difference.

A London cable dated March 6 stated: The Morning Post states that a firm of British shipowners has placed an order in Hamburg for five motorships of 10,000 tons each at a cost between £70,000 and £IOO,OOO 'less per ship than the lowest British lenders.

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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 March 1925, Page 5

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BRITISH SHIPBUILDING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 March 1925, Page 5

BRITISH SHIPBUILDING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 March 1925, Page 5

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