SHIPPING MAGNATES.
AFTER DINNER PLEASANTRIES. LONDON, Feb. 16. Mr Baldwin was the chief guest at the Chamber of Shipping Jubilee ban quet, at the Hotel Victoria. The lion. Alexander Shaw, president designate, who was chairman, explained the Government’s attitude towards the Mercantile Alarine by telling the story of the Scottish constable, who recovered the body of a. drowned man. He was asked by the coroner is any steps had been 'taken to secure resuscitation. “Ay.” replied the constable, “1 search’d his pockets.” Despite the depression from which shipping at present was suffering, Air Shaw sounded a hopeful note for the future. Mr Baldwin, who removed a cheap clierrywood pipe from his mouth in order to respond, gave an admirable sketch of the progress made by the Mercantile Alarine, and paid a tribute to the heroic behaviour of its members during the war.
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Grey River Argus, 18 February 1927, Page 2
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