EMPIRE TRADE.
USING BRITISH SHIPS. LONDON, May 6. The extent to which Empire cargoes are carried in foreign ships is emphasised by the Daily Telegraph. The paper mentions a list of 66 voyages iu 1932 by foreign flag tonnage from Dominion ports to the United Kingdom. Of these 43 were from Australia, eleven from South Africa, eight from Canada, and the balance from the West Indies. This represents only a small portion of the traffic, as shippers who charter foreign vessels are not anxious to advertise the fact. The freight charges going into foreign pockets in this manner must represent a large sum.
The remedy, says the Telegraph, is the closing of the inter-Empire freight and passenger market to all nations which exclude our ships from their coastwise trade.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1933, Page 7
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129EMPIRE TRADE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 135, 8 May 1933, Page 7
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