EXTENSION 67 NAVICERT SYSTEM

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 291, 9 December 1939, Page 8

EXTENSION 67 NAVICERT SYSTEM

AMERICAN NEUTRALS TO EUROPEAN FEU ENTIRE CARGOES SEIZED AS CONTRABKAND. . LONDON, Dec. 7. It is officially announced that the Navicert system has been extended to embrace exports from the United States, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay to Portugal, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and Hungary. From the outbreak of war to December 2 only 64 entire cargoes have been seized by the British contraband control, states a British Official Wireless message. Of these 42 were seized in the first three weeks and nine were German. On the other hand. 875 cargoes have been entirely released in the same period. The proportion of total seizures to local releases is thus about one to 14 and in the last 10 weeks one to 36. The Ministry of Economic Warfare states: On December 2, 80 neutral ships were in the three contraband control 1 bases in the United Kingdom of which 47 had been there for four days for less. The total included 21 Dutch ships. 18 Swedish, 15 Norwegian, nine Danish, six Belgian, two Greek, two United States, two Panamanian, one Spanish, two Italian, one Rumanis.l, and one Finnish. During the week ended December 2 the contraband committee considered ■ . >es of 110 ships which had ar--1 rived since November 25 and the .nrgoes of 57 ships outstanding from the pr< < Th< combined ule I 35 Italian, 27 Dut'-ii. 21 Swedish. 19 British. 14 Norwegian. 11 Danish, 10 Belgian, six United State.-, and four Finnish. Only one ship's entire cargo was seized, while fin- entire cargoes of 91 ships were released. The system under which advance copies of manifests are received and considered before a ship's arrival at British ports resulted during the week in 26 ships being so dealt with and 15 of the ships concerned being released b'. the committee subject merely to fc ■— . ng of the oi iginal manifests on arrival at the control bases. Total Goods Detained, Since tie beginning of the war the Allied ccntraband control was intercepted and detained about 735,000 and. Ot th s total 476,- ; ■ns have been detained by Britain and about 260,000 tons by I France. t During the week ended December 2. the British contraband control inter- ' cepted and detained 13,700 tons of j contraband goods of which there was evidence that they were destined for Germany. This total included 4500 I tons of iron pyrites. 1750 tons ot I hides and skins, 1200 tons of coffee. 2SOi) tons of other foodstuffs, 850 tons of timber, 5'K) ton.N of cotton. 4<K) tons • of petroleum products, and 2.50 tons ot chem cals. Other commodities dei laired included oil-seeds and fats, caiI cium magnesite. tanning materials. I wool, and rubber. i During the fortnight ended November 30 the French contraband control also detained 35,300 tons of contrai band, including 18.14 S tons of food- : >tnffs. and feeding stuffs. 12.6 a! tons 'of metals and ores, 2236 tons of tex- * t ;’<■>. 107 tons of wool, 99 tons of hair, i 1"7 tons of timber, 253 tons of resin. 147 tons of turpentine. 100 tons of cork, f fats, 214 t o oil-seeds. 583 tons of wine, and 273 tons ot I chemicals. Other goods included jute. | sisal, silk, rubber, hides and skins.