LOSS OF CONTRACT.
COMMONS SEEKING REMEDIES.
LONDON, Wednesday
The loss of the contract for live motor ships was discussed in the House of Commons.
Air AI. Connolly (Lab.), argued that the German Government’s assistance to trade was far in excess of that given by Britain, and lie urged that the Government should afford some relief from taxation to the shipbuilding and engineering industries. He also pleaded for closer co-operation among the employers, and instanced a case which came under his own knowledge:
Two firms were building sister ships. A certain department of one cost £9.170, and a similar department in the other cost £23,700. Neither of these firms knew what the other was doing, though the ships were being
■built on opposite sides of the river
Air W. E. Guinness, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, replying, said the lowest price offered for the motor ship contract in Britain was £2,150,000, while the German price was £850,000. The Government had no machinery for dealing with such a difference. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 12 March 1925, Page 5
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