SEQUEL TO NAVIES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 608, 10 September 1909, Page 5

SEQUEL TO NAVIES.

COLONIAL NEEDS. ,

STEELWORKS AND SHIPYARDS. ALTERNATIVE: ENGLISH CAPITAL OR BRANCH AVORKS? .. j : (By Telegraph.—l'rcss Association.—Capyrlqht.l/ ;'■ , London, September 8. ■ Writing' in the'Engineoring Supplement.of "The Tiiiies," Sir Benjamin Browne, chairman of ..the Tyne engineering and shipbuilding firm of Hawthorn, Leslie,; and Co., deals with tho need of coloniolarsenala and dock: yards, especially in view of tho dovolopment of.local navies and dofences. ' . Tho writer suggests thai colonial ship- ; building and steelworks, and marine engiuo and ordnauco yards, should be encouraged to improve their methods and. enlarge their shops by offere of a share of tho Governmont's oontracte. Hβ , also proposes that colonial firms should get-in touqh with oldestablished English houses willing to find some oapital under certain> conditions .as to management,, and to supply designs and drawings. He. suggests, that tho colonial firms might arrange to buyout, 1 after a term , of years, the English element represented by such capital.. ." . '... i Such ainothod, Sir Bonjamin thinks, would, dovolop local. experience and patriotism bet- ; ter'.than by -aslring ..English companies to s(tart. colonial braiiohes.. : ; "-. v- ■-V'.. .'.'.•.'•,' - ; -. .-'. : —^^ —•-,'■'! ■-'• •-.. ;. '