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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13350, 7 April 1914, Page 5

The Shipping List (Australia) refers editorially to the demands of workers attached to the running of ships and shipping in Australian waters, and says that t'he straining point cannot be filr awny. now. Continuing, it says: "What will happen .when the break comes and the worker is forced to realise that those who have seen fit to invest capital in shipping.' "Shares with the expectation of a fair profit on their investment have a j list right to expect it, is the great concern. The only solution appears to be an all-round increase on, both freight rates and passage money, which we think, under the eircnm-' , stances, 'is mora than ''justified. Certainly, there; are some, who will contend any, further charges on the carriage of either passenger or good:- ia unfair, but why they ''i"e at a lo.<s to explain, or at any rate thev will offer no adequate reason ■is to why the incrrnsrd running cost should not be passed on just as it would b«iu any other i>usi.neSjf _pi*opositipn. With the happening of recent years in mind, this appear* ths only course open fbr'the Australian shipping firms to follow if 'profits are to be shown nt the end of each financial year •. and if it is de : eided' on, 'well, if is to be hoped there will be nothing other' than -a general united opinion and detorniinafion on the matter." You can pop the question anywhere you like, bnt get your ring at Gordon's, opposite • Bank of New Zealand.*