AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING.
THE COASTAL TRADE.
t United Press Association —13y Electric Telegraj# Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.)Received 11.15 a.m. to-day. SYDNEY. Nov. 5. The Australian Steamship Owners’ Federation is making a strong .protest i,gainst the Federal Government’s reported intention to> repeiut tilio coaist-nil clauses of til© Navigation Act, which orovent.s overseas, vesse.s from competincr for the Australian coastal paseenoer trade. The protest declares that two Australian companies have each ordered a large passenger vessel for inter-State trade at a cost of a. million •t»i ; lin«. solely owing 'to the protection afford’d by the Navigation Act. white tlio niosst expensive structural alterations ha ve ’been made to all vessels. The tonnage has been greatly increased, ana heavy increases in wages have been naid under this Act in consideration of the elimination of competition from •oversees vessels.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 November 1928, Page 9
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