CABLE NEWS.
f-OXED PEES 3 ASSOCIATION.- —BT ELECTEIC TEXJSGBAPH. CDPXEIGHT.
AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING.
(Received July 12. 10.36 p.m.) SYDNEY, July "x 3. A deputation representative of the whole coastal and oversea shipping companies waited upon the Premier with reference to the Interstate Commission Bill. Sir William Lyne was also present. Tho deputation complained that !he Bill went beyond the four corners cf the constitution. The Act was a most arbitrary one, and would strangle tho shipping trade. The representative cf the Peninsular and Oriental Corapany voiced the views of the oversea shippers. Many of the clauses worked in such a manner that they seemed to say, “The sooner you sever your connection with the Australian trade the better.” They would bx-ing to ruin the people they were intended to benefit. The Premier said he felt certain the Bill had n© intention of doing anything inimical to the interests of shipping. Sir W. Lyne, who was present, thought tho shippers were taking unnecessary fright. Underlying the whole thing was the question of one State trying to divert trade from another State. They could rest assured the shipping interests would not be interfered with in the way they supposed. The shipping companies of other States are similarly up in arms.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4407, 13 July 1901, Page 5
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