SHIPPING TRADE
( Australia7l Press Association.)
SYDNEY/' November 13
The Federal Assistant Minister of Transport, Mr Cunningham, received a deputation of the employees of various shipping industries, who complained that heavily-subsidised American shipping interests were capturing the (Pacific trade from Australia and New Zealand and British shipowners.
Reference was made to serious inroads made by the Mat-son liners. The deputation urged that Australia and -New Zealand should introduce retaliatory legislation. Mr Cunningham replied that the Federal Government took a serious view of this matter, which was nowbeing thoroughly investigated.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 November 1931, Page 2
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