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STATE-OWNED SHIPS. NOT PRACTICAL IN PLACE TIME. Capetown. March 14. In the Assembly, replying to the labourite motion in favour of th ‘ Government securing its ow 7 n fleet of shins. Mr. Burton said the Government had considered the advisableness of so doing but the result was not encouraging, and the_ question not one of practical politics. The Australian precedent was not a good one Whatever might be thought of the Australian venture in war, the problem ot State-owned ships in peace time was entirely out of the qiiv’btion.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 81, 20 March 1919, Page 5
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