LABOUR HEARTBURNINGS
THE LOST SHIPPING CONTRACTS. GERMANS’ LOW PRICE. (Press Association —Copyright.) (Received 8.5 p.m.) LONDON, March ll.—The loss of the contract for five motor ships (which a German firm secured) was discussed in the Commons. Mr Connolly (Lab.) argued that tho German Government’s assistance to trade was far in excess of that given by Britain. He urged that tho Government should afford some relief from taxation to the shipbuilding and engineering industries. He also pleaded for closer co-operation among tho employers and instanced a case which came under his own knowledge: Two firms were building sister ships; a certain department of one cost £9170, and a similar department in the other cost £23,700. Neither of these firms knew what the other was doing, though the ships were being built on opposite sides of the river. The Rt. Hon. W. Guinness, replying, said the lowest price offered for this contract here was £1,150,000, while the German price was £850,000. The Government had no machinery for dealing with such a difference. —(A. and N.Z.)
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Wairarapa Age, 12 March 1925, Page 5
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