PACIFIC SHIPPING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 59, 11 March 1937, Page 7

PACIFIC SHIPPING

HOUSE OF LORDS QUESTION WHAT DOES BRITAIN INTEND? MATTER OF SERIOUS MOMENT. [ British Official Wireless. ] Received March 10, 7.40 p.m. RUGBY, March 9. In the House of Lords speakers pressed that the Government disclose its intentions regarding Pacific shipping. Baron Strabolgi said that since the question was ventilated in the House of Lords one British shipping line had been extinguished and the remainder were threatened. The situation was serious and of great Imperial concern. He also referred to Japanese competition between India and Japan. “I am informed that about 80 per cent, of the Indo-Japan shipping is Japanese, whereas 80 per cent, was British,” he said. The Earl of Munster said that no agreement had so far been reached betweati the Dominions concerned. Britain had formulated proposals which were forwarded to the Dominions. The Government realised the necessity of a decision as soon as possible. “It is fully aware that Japanese competition is severely felt throughout the Empire and is doing all it can to assist British industry,” he said. FAST MOTOR SHIPS INTENTION OF JAPAN Received March 10, 11 p.m. TOKIO, March 10. It is stated that the Osakashosen Line intends to build live first class twenty-knot passenger-freight motorships, including three 10,000 tenners, for South Africa to handle the expanding traffic.