GERMAN SHIPPING.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 113, 26 November 1915, Page 1 (Supplement)

GERMAN SHIPPING.

A writer in one of the British ship.; mn« journals recently made an attempt to estimate the cost to German shipowners of laying up their vessels in American ports. According to the writer, some extravagant estimates, have been made on the subject. It lias, been stated, for instance, that the ex-1 nenseti oi tho Vaterland amount to, £IOO per day, whereas the of | pocket expenses probably do not exceed ; £SOOO per month j The following is the result ot inquiries made by the writer in question:, —The crews of the vessels belonging, to the great German shipping com-; j.anies in New York have been gradi. illv got rid of, and only sufficient are now being retained to keep the steam-, ■ers in proper condition and in satetj,, with the result that their expenses | have been reduced to a minimum. r The dock expenses at Nw "» « the Norddeutscher-Lloyd and the Ham-; hurg-Amerika line are small, because: thov have their own docks at Hoboken In fact, the disbursements of these two companies at New York do not exceed JSSFdoI. aday.or£iaS,oooayear.

General Von liindcnburg is a great flirts-player. , According to his private swretarj. President Wilson is the hardest worked M »n in Anierca. He rarely retires much before midnight, and works six days a week. * * *

The King of Italy has conferred the Order of Annunziata upon the 1 rince „| Wales. The Order comes next in antiquity to the Garter and the Golden Fleece.