REPORT OF DOMINIONS COMMISSION
STATE CONTROL OF HARBOURS
'LondOlii January 24. The "Daily Telegraph" states thai; the joint report of the Dominions Royal Commission is receiving the finishing touches, and will probably be published in February. It will indicate the advisability of a larger measure of direct State control of British harbours, also tho co-ordination of the methods o£' governing the Empire's harbours. It will niako recommendations re-< garding an economical and efficieiitr'. 'mercantile marine from the viewpoint of size, stylo, and speed. Tho Commission was struck by the tendency to' build large ships, regardless of the tidaL ! features of the Empire's harbours. Regarding emigration, the report em', phasises the vital'necessity'of keeping emigrants within the Empire, butt , points out the necessity for taking agejy capacity, vitality, and adaptability iuwj consideration. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' ALL-RED CABLE ROM London! January 24 j A forecast of the'report of. the Doj] pinions Royal Commission' states that'i it will propose tho construction of aa) All-Red cable route under joint BrN| tish and Canadian control, thereby eup- , ' plying the Canadian Press with Euio-j pean nows untainted by the United' i States.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2987, 26 January 1917, Page 5
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