STATE SHIPPING LINES

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14253, 2 January 1920, Page 5

STATE SHIPPING LINES

EFFECT ON PRIVATE TRADE. (Australian and N Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, December 31. At the annual meeting of the Orient Shipping Company Sir Kenneth Anderson, manager of the company, said that until ihe future of the mail service wa"s settled and the Commonwealth wishes were known, lliey were reluctant to commit themselves regarding the particular type and design of vessel they WOUhl build. The Commonwealth Government's policy of largely developing its fleet could on]y.discourage prif vale enterprise and initiative, which fo? ] forty years had provided AUStrAIiS. "with I steamer services e'biwKitchlly exceed-,', ing the trade's WtfUirements, and unsurpassed in ijUality and cheapness by any trade in the world. If the State | set itself to oppress and discourage the I individual trader it must be prepn.red I eventually to cover the whole ground. Nationalisation of industry woujd destroy the British Empire just, as certainly as that individu d freedom and enterprise created it. Sir Kenneth Vdntrd at IhO necessity of raising s <lotm fdree ovV ing to the continued ■ & k- mM in working expenses. '' <