SHIPPING NATIONALISATION.
LONDON, August 30
A committee of the United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping, including Mr Kenneth Henderson, Sir James Mills, and the principal ship-owners, reports strongly against the nationalisation of the mercantile marine after the war. The report contends that it is impracticable for any Government to fix. freights, since the .greater part of sea carriage is in foreign bottoms. The committee proposes a revision of the shipping laws between Britain and the Dominions, with a view to abolishing anomalies. Foreign liners carryingpassengers to British ports should pay dues. The report insists on the gravity of war wastage and the urgency of making good the losses The existing prohibition against the transfer of British ships to foreigners should be continued for at least five years after the war, and repairing facilities should be reserved' for British shipping for two years.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17076, 1 September 1917, Page 3
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