BAN ON DUTCH SHIPPING
IT HEAVILY PENALISES AUSTRALIA Reed. 7.30 p.m. Sydney, Jan. 8. Because of a Communist-inspired han on Dutch shipping in Australian ports, £20,000,000 worth of trade between the Dutch East Indies and Australia is being held up, according to Colonel J. Litchfield, managingdirector of the Consolidated Export and Import group of Australia. The capacity of warehouses in several Australian cities was being taxed by £5,000,000 worth of goods awaiting shipment to the Indies. They have been there since the trouble started in September and comprise hand tools, rice, cultivating implements, household requirements, blankets and woollens, all vitally needed for rehabilitation of the country. The Indies Government and importing organisations were seeking to cancel orders placed in Australia because of the disturbed waterfront conditions. Tn September there were 30 Dutch ships in Australian ports, but most have been forced to return to their home ports with skeleton crews. At present 11 Dutch ships remain idle around the Australian coast.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 7, 9 January 1946, Page 5
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