OUTSIDERS EXCLUDED

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2186, 26 June 1914, Page 7

OUTSIDERS EXCLUDED

BY Olfß SHIPPING LiWS Bi; IVlflffMplt—Press Ae&aciafion-Cttpyrijrjit (Hw. Jane 55. D.SQ p.m.) LfliiEfciij Jsne 23. Is if A. Norman Mitt, OiKiinunn of Uift Beard irf Trade's SSkippiuy Mrism-y Committee, Eiftd Secretary'of tin* LtterV pool Civißs' -StiwiuShip. Asssciatlmt, in Kivmg ovidetwc before t'iift Baiuiiajoits i'nulo Coiitfnission, said he eou-M. net JtcoiiraiciMl Knglfeh sMjiphig kgislstkm <m the lutes, of thai ul Australia, and iN'w ffeslMtd, IwiNittsj} tire tetter uoswl baijdjcflijs, which cemiwltod otv.n----«s to reittrp themselves tiv elKirgtag ftiahei freights and fares than. they would qttaayise charge, The effect of the restrictive lvgisi.«,t.ip-ii wit* to give Uio rtfj? u -kw Australian Magta! sto&weiß ,'tii absbbtfS ihisnojioly' of the eaastal trade, because outsiders wcro jsraeiiijnlh excluded, its far $& the ocean, (in, ers trere sose-eniod.; th:by irsd a viitvinl monopoly, because titey -could safeguard t-teiuse-lves by insurance agijiiis* ' new nsivs, aftfi by iHeieased charges ■, to cotfor the, legislative fc&irwtwn's, fattt the trn-iiirj- steamers, sVlijcti \v«i:ld xmt; c«t in svt loclueed I'ales, we.i« imcthie to, ftcfapt t : hai».e!ves tq the special ■rMiuirci.iieirts at the Australian ieglshw tkii.

The ivitiioss Mietest that the sjiips etsjiagcd in £ho tiratesjwrt of Aitstralraft and Js 7 ew Zealand iirodtaets' formovl a MOi»poly tlnti; Was dtm tci bsisktwu sliuttlMjj out owtsHo ftfite, who H-ffiiM rthenvjse fecoUto o&iiipe.titsis in tJw! tiiMle. ~