THE SHIPPING RING.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3432, 11 March 1920, Page 8

THE SHIPPING RING.

Some serious nttentiml af }~In;11e and abroad is apparently being‘ gin-11 to the shipping quesfinn. whici=.. of com-.<r>, of prime 111130-‘.‘:mcc L 0 the pl'OduC(:l'S of our own and mher 121111.13. Even the New Zealzmd G(;x'el‘Jlln»e:lt is worl'yillg the Coxm-c~}lm' of British Shipping, and to such a.-ffe:-.L mat Mr

.\7l'.:rss<_>y hints tht he 11-..;L_V have gornl news on the srihjem. to iI".I‘.OUXIC(‘ presently. If is about time Hmt the Anglo-Anierican Sliipmr.-g Hing was fiercely attacked. for i; is as ,<.§re:lt .-‘L menace as the <\l'nel'iCall ‘Meat 'l‘:u.<t. Indeed, its tentacles already i1::“ve a grip upon trade anti commerce fl-uni England to the uttermost‘ parts of the earth, And that grip will tightezi unless there is :1 weapon forged with which to break the Ring or to lop off the tentacles of‘ the far-re;u“.‘ninz miancial octopus. P:~.:::ier Hughr->;< oi‘ ,\:1.~:n-:'~.1is1. :h«:‘.wed the way to all other Di'(.‘(l3.‘('il:g‘ czr-,ill:3ri-As in ;j2'e'~:*liing :'+.,r;:‘x.l'nsi. the ’-‘-!‘l".\tiOn.~’3 n 1" fire ‘~‘~‘rlippir.9; 'Ri=.ll.r,_'.\"nen he pzi:'cii:lse(i :1 flm.-t of ::';‘c-:mlel‘s to (‘:!i':‘_V ./-\ll.<tralia’s wheat ’r_e T£n:;;'!:n‘-'l. That‘ was the nstz:-nsible obiwn-r 0;‘ ‘he Hli§'ii%‘_q entm'p:'i.°v. but t‘nr- rwnl 0"»,_je(:t zrppez-ired later on. 11' was a wea~ ;pon with whiz-‘n to i<<~e;- fr‘-:,-V-:::hr.: «hmrii Tor the fariiierg of the ("«nl‘l':‘.«;nwezllth. *-\ga,'nl and ngzlin the ;'():>e>“.:;'!1t and -ixviscinm of Mr H3_L9.fh£‘:\ have been ‘made manifest. But their gr‘-_\at<;-st ;\'iCfo‘.‘_V was recox-Jed in :1 iitttie mes-'s—-‘age of much significance pllb!i:<h<——«‘i in our cablegranis recently. It was lfrnnl London and to the effect rhm ‘the Orient am} Peninsular and (')ri9':l- - lines re now pa_vins.r rebate to

Atlstralizm slhipprars. il'x‘esp(+Cti\‘9 of whether: they fol'n'l€::'l)‘ shipped by the Collullonwealtll liners. The ring was out to fight the State ships, andafew weeks ago it was stated in the Australian "papers that QlO rebate was the

‘.‘.w-:‘;1=(>11 the mcnopolists were to use. The yebate for their friends only! 8112 the)’ have seen fit to withdraw such ;)I‘<>.<.~:xxx-0, The probnbilit.y is that tiwy r<~<‘<>-iv<-(i a quiet hint from Ms‘ Hll.i:h:=s ‘rimt they Inusf play fair, and <II'OD the squeezing tactics of the ._\nlm-ican combines and trusts.