THE MERCANTILE MARINE
IMPORTANT INDUSTRY PROBLEM ON TASMAN SEA (United Press Association.) Wellington, September 21. Plans to aid the Mercantile Marine and the part it played in the lives of New Zealanders were outlined by the Minister for Marine (the Hon. P. Fraser), at a social function organized by shipping interests. The Minister emphasized the iact tnar New Zealand was a maritime country and even those who did not go to sea had an important part to play in carrying out the great maritime industry. The immediate problem was the Tasman Sea and that could be solved. Mr Fraser said that he hoped it would be possible to eliminate cut-throat competition among modes of transport. Another way in which the Government and the people of the country could aid the Mercantile Marine, continued the Minister, was by making the shores safer. Recent events had impressed this need upon the country, and the Government had laid down a programme to provide radio beacons and other safety devices.
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Southland Times, Issue 23001, 22 September 1936, Page 8
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166THE MERCANTILE MARINE Southland Times, Issue 23001, 22 September 1936, Page 8
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