BAN ON PANAMA CANAL
NO TEMPORARY MEASURE. LONDON, Sept. 26
It was absolutely essential to cut down the expenditure of dollars, said an official of the Ministry of War Transport, referring to the re-rout-ing of shipping to avoid the Panama Canal. The order was already in force, and it was not a temporary measure, he said. The Daily Mail says that the new routes will add 800 miles to a voyage, which means an extra four days of good-weather sailing. The Daily Express says that British ships in 1 1939-40 paid out £1,125,000 in Panama Canal dues. Twenty-five per cent, of the ships normally using the Panama Canal' are British. The Japanese war greatly increased this traffic.
Large fully loaded refrigerator liners pay about £2500 and British battleships about £4OOO. An official announcement has not yet been made regarding the large numbers of British ships trading to Western Canada, the Pacific coast, and North and South America, which normally use the canal.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 256, 27 September 1945, Page 5
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