BRITISH SHIPPING
MENACE TO FOREIGN COMPETITION. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received November 7, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 7. Speaking at Galashiels, the Hon. Alexander Shaw, chairman of the directors of the P. and O. Steam Navigation Company, referred to the plight of British shipping through foreign subsidies. He instanced the trade between Australia and New Zealand, established by British Empire shipping, and now facing continuous loss through uneconomic competition by highlysubsidised vessels, of a country which refused to allow British ships to carry goods and passengers between her ports, but attacked the purely domestic trade of Australia and New Zealand. “Mainly because Britishers are so apathetic,” added Mr Shaw, “we have left a notice hanging over the Empire trade routes to-day: ‘Please pick my pockets, and kick me downstairs.’ ” He hoped to shortly make concrete suggestions to save British shipping from foreign competition.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19641, 8 November 1933, Page 7
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