SHIPS FROM GERMANY.
BRITAIN'S LOST CONTRACT. LABOUR PROTEST IN HOUSE. GOVERNMENT POWERLESS. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copy right. (Received 7.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON, Mar. 11. The loss by British shipbuilders to Germany of the contract for five motorships was discussed in the House of Commons to-day. Mr. M. Connolly, Labour member for Newcastle, contended that the assistance given by the German Government- to trade far exceeded that given by Britain. Ho urged the Government to relieve the taxation on the shipbuilding and engineering industries. Mr. Connolly pleaded for closer co-oper-ation among the employers. He gavo an instance of a case within his own knowledge, saying that two firms were building sister ships for a certain department. One was to cost £9170 and the other £23,700. Neither of these firms knew what the other was doing, although the two ships were being built on the opposite sides of the Thames. Lt.-Col. the Hon. W. Guinness, Financial Secretary to the. Treasury, in replying, said the lowest prices offered in this contract by British firms was £1,150,000, whereas the German price was £850,000. The Government possessed no machinery to deal with such a large difference.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18965, 12 March 1925, Page 9
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193SHIPS FROM GERMANY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18965, 12 March 1925, Page 9
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