NATIONALISING MERCANTILE MARINE.
(By Cable.) The committee of the United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping, including Sir Kenneth Anderson (manager of the Orient Company), Sir James Mills, and the principal shipowners, reports stronglv against the nationalising of the mercantile marine after the war. The committee declares that it is impracticable for any Government to fix freight, since the greater part of the world's sea carriage is in- foreign bottoms. The committee proposes a revision of the shipping laws between Britain and the dominions; also that all shipping treaties with foreign countries should expire, with a view to abolishing anomalies. It recommends that foreign liners carrying passengers to and from British ports should pay dues. The report insists on the gravity of the war wastage and the urgency of making good the losses. It recommends that the existing prohibition against the transfer of British ships to foreigners should be continued for at least five years after the war: also that repairing facilities should be reserved for British shipping for two years.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3312, 5 September 1917, Page 29
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