A HOPEFUL REPORT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17947, 14 November 1918, Page 4

A HOPEFUL REPORT.

I SHIPS FOR THE DOMINIONS. NEW YORK OPTIMISTIC. By IV'ifti'zftpb—Pr*«* Awraatetioc—Copyiufis, (.Received November 13, 10.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, November 12. It is believed that it will now be possible to send ships to carry Australia's wheat, wool and other commodities to Europe. GOVERNMENT CONTROL. TO CEASE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. A. «ud N.Z. Ca-blo Aesujifttkai and Reutei. (Received November 13, 10.0 p.m.) LONDON, November 12. The Shipping Controller announces that Government control of merchant shipping will not continue after the war longer than is necessary to provide for the extraordinary conditions arising out of the war. Privately owned ship 3 will bo released as soon as the tonnage available is considered sufficient to provide for essential national shipping eervices. _____