Commenting on the shippiug war between the Federal Steamship Co. and j rival companies engaged in the export ] trade from this colony to London, the Lyttelton Times says : "Undesirable as a prolonged 'cutting' war must always be, there is no moral obligation upon the colony to care whether the various shipping companies drive each other into bankruptcy or not. provided such an issue is not to our detriment. It is nevertheless an obligation upon the people and upon Parliament to take particular notice of the fact tliat the -present situation has developed out of an encroachment of trust methods on our sea-borne trade. Tlie conflict should bring homo to us the menace of our producers from shipping rings and trust methods. The matter has reached a stage to call for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire, \s.q tha -Whole subject." ..,i^ ___ : —.a _ __:
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10640, 18 April 1906, Page 4
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144Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10640, 18 April 1906, Page 4
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