BRITISH SHIPPING ALMOST ALL FREE FROM SLATE CONTROL
LONDON. Dec. 1 (Rec 6 pm).— British shipping, with some exceptions. has been practically freed from Government control. This was announced by the Minister of Transport (Mr Alfred Barnes), who said that in future all shipping requirements of all Government departments will be met solely through ordinary -commercial channels. This means that for the first time since the outbreak of World War 11. British shipping will be able to reenter open competition for the carriage of world freight. The Government will now have to negotiate with ship-owners for the carriage of its cargoes and British ship-owners will again have to watch undercutting by overseas competitors. The main competitors for British shipping are expected to be United States companies, says Reuter, but Scandinavian nations will be well in the forefront.
The relaxation of controls does not affect passenger traffic, nor large liners on the Government-sponsored emigrant run to Australia and Canada.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 2 December 1948, Page 5
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