A SHIPPING MATTER

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20107, 14 May 1935, Page 14

A SHIPPING MATTER

BROAD VIEW ADVOCATED By Telegraph—Press Association INVERCARGILL, May 13. A reference to the presence of a “foreign ship” trading in New Zealand waters when many New Zealand seamen are unemployed was noticed in a northern paper by Captain A. Broner, of the motor vessel Indien at present at Bluff. In discussing the subject Captain Broner said that the reference was obviously to the Indien as she was the only foreign ship in that port at the time. “No doubt the writer felt he had a j-i.ct cause for complaint,” he continued, “but if he could have a look in at my home port, Copenhagen, he would probably alter his view. There he would find many British ships. He would find also that no exception is taken to them by the residents. Indeed, very friendly relations exist between the Danish and English peoples, and one would search the local papers in vain for objections to the presence of foreign ships, meaning English. We should all take the broad view in these matters, for one thing our visits to New Zealand are rare and cannot seriously affect New Zealand conditions. British ships trade in our ports in large numbers, and surely it is only fair if we, in a small way, return the compliment.”