JAPANESE PUSH.
(By Cable.) TOKIO, May 14.' A number of small shipping lines, established during the war period, which havo reaped enormous profits, are now amalgamating as the International Steamship Company. Their vessels aggregate 300,0C0 tons. The company is asking for a Government subsidy. Japan has long studied the British mercantile system, and considers the present a favourable opportunity for becoming a formidable competitor. The new combine intends to invade trade spheres which formerly have largely been British, including New York, South America, India, South Africa, Constantinople, Marseilles, Ham : burg, and Ri<ra. " MELBOURNE, May 21.
The Osaka Shosen Eaisha Line has decided to include Rabaul in its Japanese if inerary.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3402, 28 May 1919, Page 41
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