AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING
A SHORTAGE. ((United 1 Press Association., MELBOURNE, March 27. The Controller of Shipping reports that, chiefly as a result of quarantine restrictions, there is a serious shortage of interstate shipping tonnage, which threatens grave problems. The coal stocks of the railways, gas companies, manufacturers and mining companies »ro rapidly being depleted, and current requirements cannot be met. Failing relief, '.-many concerns will bo compelled to clorie, entailing widespread unemployment '
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 74, 28 March 1919, Page 5
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71AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 74, 28 March 1919, Page 5
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