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Hokitika Guardian, 15 March 1924, Page 3

DERMA NY'S GROWING SHIPPING. LONDON, Dee. 13. “Brassey’s Naval and Shipping Annual. 1921” is as invaluable as ever. It is edited by Sir A. Richardson and Mi A. Hurd, and is a veritable mine of exact and accurate information on all the naval and shipping questions of the day. The editors point out that:— The ratification of the "Washington Naval Treaty, far from arresting, as was anticipated in some quarters, all naval development, has tended merely to direct it into fresh channels. . - Increase!! attention is being given to the building of light cruisers and submarines as well as aircraft carriers. With leganl to the question whether , be Navy should have its own Air Servi;e. the “Annual"’ shows that the IT Ted States. Frame, and Italy all have Naval Air Services which teoral parts of sea-going Hoots. The ("cited States continues to make enormous naval preparations: among the items of its expenditure is the outlay ()TOr £8.500.909 on docks at Hawaii. The shipping section points out the rapid progress of the German mercantile marine and gives the tonnage built 1., her in the last two years at 1.084.000

tons: Germany has a new fleet and is prepared to expend a large amount of the profits of her shipbuilding and shipping industries on improvements ami extensioiifi of plant. She can. of course, do this as she has bad hitherto to pay next to nothing in taxation, while British shipowners support burdens. How serious some of these burdens are—especially those imposed, by foreign legislation s;a b as the United States Harter Act—shown very clearly in the “Annual.

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