SHIPPING COMBINES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 139, 19 June 1911, Page 5

SHIPPING COMBINES.

CABIiEMEWS.

JBY mJEOTiUO TBIiEGttAPH—OOPYBIQHX.]

'-■'■■■.•■■:■■- -; ■ LONDON, J»iy 17:,.;. , The Ooiiferfeaice on Friday aftei'noon discussed Mi' (Jraaf's: re^)lutioa in.favor of concerted action t<> P^ iriottei better*trade* and1 postal^^ comitiuiiication^ within !the Empl^e^. i aittd to!- discoiirage the shipping opmbihes.: He '♦ instanced-^/the excessive' bdeijti freights!, between South. Africa 5 ;and Great Britain a& bompared With Greatt Britain ajid. Australia. He.said |hat tlie Union/ was lish an .open freight market.

Mr Haroburfc said that the resoJutiidn was anotlior stop in. vfcdie policy which, wa^i^he ~ -t : '•' > •:':'.".. V!' ;

; :; :; V,;.;\GOyERNiNGi;NOTE-:-;-';: \ ;'i of the. Conference —namelyj-iip'B'lfe-perial cbhceritration, but •Imperial .coopWation. In one reppefet the res*^ :luii<m ;jntiglit bo> misunderstood* *' ■; It■sra&.^- propifeed-:;^iio., &dd iiAoth<^s,..-'c^ji^^nt:>yith! thQV^ci'stdrig; "Sscat ■' policy,*, could jin; ; ;'ea<&'-l!'pa^-iipei; X,r.a4^- - < ■- be;i ipiiFacbved.' V. ~^tende<iv:; Thi^.; > ;sho# : -that im ':<, Coni:; ngiiisibn di^ mOt: intend' to make reoom-, i'mi^^^^k..'^i!i:,'oti©.V ; po]ic>y.; . r Mr •D^nimions ;br; * the Mptherland, -"but .Vi^i^E-'-'-ilifea-v^iiple. Empire; we^S;in a ,battejF=; positabn- liar: futiii-e c<M>peri(^obZ.w':>.\-.'■■'■■■ .■•/■■■ AVM^ ' .;' ;■■■■'■ '•: ■-.V-Mr -;B|i^e-r said .that the; resolution ■vf^&\ a pVactical; way of .dealing with diffiejllt fttie^tions,.,: : The. Coininisaion; must ■ Jook I freely.' into .every, ■■' matter ilikely to'■" afFord useful iriformatioii, and 'riot dogmatise on. the ' right ntetHio.ds ? iii \^y.Bich:.:.tlwvdiffeyetttl6btiriv' ; tries should obndubt tJieii J own affairs. " Itv.wfis essential; that the Commi&sioh; 'Abald -include men " of higlii,stand-;j ■iv&. -:;.^-;::;- ■■ ■:-,.:■:■;■; Mr'r Pearop paid that ■the. prnpobal /met ; the; pbfeitidh ' practioally^ and would enable' i&ihiji '■■ to .deal witii trade .matters/-si : i-;pr(eser l t:;,',■,''.''■ !'-'.-:'■". ;.'',■'■■* V:

■;';.■)•;'.,'■ --v : : /;;iN; ;the:>£R./ ■:,■ ■ :■": .. . .Mr!;Asfliiitli^t^ted: that the Ck>n£er-° ©ilee: v-'as;indebted toi Wilfrid Laurier i,for his . ■ - ',-: '■-.■ . •. ■'.';- ■'-. '■.' ' ..■>■. ■ •;, ;^«AC!MCAL:-P|iQßOsiTiiON,; '*■-;; It. would.\j>repaKe;! th©. i "VKajK, ■ and, ■■■ possibly inak©: the' way plain, 'for "eff<sctiv.e action at. ;fche r inexi Confer-; eiice,' or sooiiefv'■■;.'. The Commission1 ' b,e', ,aii! advisory 'bodyi 4>£iL # referenoelas wid^Aas the word could ir.ake, without making suggestidns on tlie St&tes1 pcllicy anywhere. jEyeiy Pbnuijcion could pursue the;- fiscal policy best suited to its ire^uirements.; The ,Gotnriiissioit 'yiat'. overy pjuri; : o/f the J^mplre, an,d the Govern-, nfent -Woulti iecure the best men : pos-!J 'sible./ '".'.\.•;■■■' -■ ■'•■•■.".■•■■•." ■.■■'("■ "'•'■.'.•':: Mr Fisher said that the Coinmon\yealth. was ready to ' ;;/'■ '.RHAIIEiTHE EXPENSE. ; : ",; The bujden ought not to rest entirely on,:.tKe: -Mdtiberlakj;d. / > ••■•>■ ..Sir; Ward; and,. Sir ■ WiHrid ■tastier, ;agreed. ' '.'" /.)"' , v\ r } Mr As^uith said that lie was, grateH';•■ oßul^■f<>r■;■•ilipj§^Jgjg£ldaonj■■■;aJld■ aimendedji v&e;, rosdlutioii., aocttrdingly.'; Th^i .nilJiapii • was ..pjissed... "r- i -..■ ■■.■'.: ■■.'■■•'•'"*■■'.■. 1 :;SiKJoseph. -Wdrd moved the :^'^;yAt]^RED;;.;MAIN :iiOUTE.-" : i He ttiad assurance |.' of .shipping meb that: ihey cotild giy© a'^O^kiiot service in tlie Pacific, as the difficulties: existing- for ."yeai^s back in regard tf> coaling had <dis.appeai%ed. Alfhcfugli. the opening of the • ■V;>'.' '.PANAMA ■QANAt-' ' miglit considerably affect the system it was desired that an All-lied Route be instituted, as they looked to Canada >as the half-way-house between New Zealand and Great Britain.

. Sir Edward Morris also presented amotion advocating a fast service between Newfoundland and Great Biytain. . Sir Wilfrid Laurier favored Sir Joseph, Ward's niotdon. ; Mr Fisher said' that while much .could be said for,it sentimentally the practical side raust stand on its merits. They, could not draw a distinction between the .service to Australia via New Zealand and Canada. The' •■■'■■ SUEZ ROUTE might have diiSouities, but: much to commend =it from the Australian standpoint.. The. re-transhipment of goods a cross Canada made the

PROPOSAL IMPRACTICABLE. Ho regretted that the Commonwoalth could not support it.

Mr Lloyd George said that sentimentally the All-Red Route was' desirable, but the practical difficulties were great. Since the last Conference the question had been investigated by a committee who found that a twenty-one knot service was prohibitive and an eighteen knot service onormously costly. The service would be dependent on passengers, and could not hopo to carry goods across the Continent. There would be a considerable loss on the Pacific side, though-the Atlantic might pay after some years. He thought that the question might be referred to Sir Wilfrid Laurior's Royal Commission.

Sir Joseph Ward said that a scheme-merely for the carrying of goods was useless and impracticably, and amended his resolution to affirm that it was desirable that Great Britain should connect Canada and Newfoundland, through Canada, with. Australia- and New Zealand by the bi?st mail service available.

This was carried

|BY EL3SCTKIO T^LBGB,APHI —;COPTfti«HT..I