FEDERAL SHIPPING LAWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CX, Issue 13216, 27 August 1903, Page 6

FEDERAL SHIPPING LAWS.

•A PROTEST, i■: United Press Association —By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright. (Received August 26, 11.49 p.m.) / y. ’ SYDNEY, August 26. • The manager of the North German ' , ' Lloyd’s Company, in an interview, referred -‘ ■ to the proposed restrictions on foreign ves--■i ftpels -by ; the 1 Commonwealth. He. said. that tire wages paid to seamenl in the. inter-State Reamers' were the highest in. the world. The attitude of the local owners on . the might, be .summarised in a sen- -. ‘'fences—“W© might give you more wages . H "you help us to get deep-sea ships out of (fee trade.” Australian coastal companies l idready .had a.monopoly, of freight,, and 1 ' iheir arrangement had much the same effect a trust. The freight to Bremen- was : .Wool 10s per ton, ore 15s Id, while the 'companies got 27s 6d to Fremantle.. - Ik the Federal Government compelled JoreV ■ ign companies -to pay higher wages, the nompanioe.might carry Australian freights. . The companies would try to find ways and 'pteass to compensate themselves for the , JiJglier wages;