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VASCOUVER AMBITION, The Hon. C.C. Ballantyne, M.P., Minister of Canadian Marine and Fisheries, announces that the
Dominion Government is prepared to make Vancouver one of the best ports on the Pacific Coast. EXTENSION OF TOKYO HARBOUR, Work on the new scheme for extending the harbour of Tokyo will begin next spring, and will take five years to complete. The port will then be able to deal with 25,000,000 tons of cargo annually, A NEW RUDDER.
FULHAM PALACE.
Ancient Moat may be filled in.
Fulham Palace most believed to be one of the oldest in the country. may possibly be filled in.
The Bishop of London haa made an offer to the Fulham Borough Council, and the matter is to be considered after a report submitted by the borough sur- veyor.
Reasons Why Food Is Dear. Sir Walter Runciman writes in a Home paper-The need for emphasising the importance of the shipping industry to every man, woman, and child in the country has long passed. The war awakened us all to it, and we are not likely to forget it. That is why, perhaps, the people of this country bave suddenly In a latter to the council, Mr. become alarmed at the fact that K. G. Everitt, the Bishop of all is not well with the industry. London's private secretary.
Up to a few months ago it was says generally believed and with Regarding the most, surround- eviden! reason that shippinging Falham Palace, the Bishop of That a steamship can run astern
was booming that there was a Londoa desires me to say that he with its engines runcing full
great demand for boats which has uuder careful consideration speed ales is the startling result could not be met. Exporters who the question of having it filled in. of a new rudder invented by H.O.had cargoes to send abroad were Westendarp and recently install-chasing after ships in which to know if your council would be The Bishop would like to ed upon a 25 fuot motor-boat, have them carried, and were prepared to offer every facility. states a report.
ready to pay high prizes for such and also, subject to his giving up GERMAN DOCK HANDED OVER. accommodation. Thera might the ground extending in length to Handed over at Kiel, under have been some exaggeration that which you already hold in the terms of the Peace. Treaty about it, but, speaking generally. Fulham Palace-road, if you would with Germany, a floating dock, it is true that shipping was put an adequate feace on such capable of lifting a ship of 40,000 | flourishing.
acquired ground. tops displacement, arrived at SEARCHING FOR CARGOES. Sheerness last month.. Twelve tugs Conveyed the dock Barbour.
into
FREE CARRIAGE OF FAR EAST MAILS.
But conditions have changed to-day at most of the big sea-going ports large numbers of boats may be found iring idle in or out of dock, idle and unemployed; and On occasions when a Canadian whereas, not very long ago, the Robert Dollar steamer is leaving charterera were running after the Vancouver at a time which would shipowners, now it is exactly the bring her to the Far East ahead other way about. Shipowners are of a Japanese boa: carrging searching for cargoes, and in a Canadian mail, the company will good many cases they are search bring all Canadian mall for the ling in vain. Far East free....
REGULATIONS
AFFECTING
JAPANESE SEAMEN.
The moat is about 10ft wide, surrounds the palace grounds. nearly a mile long, and complète- It is crossed by two bridges. Some historians incline to the belief that the moat was constracted by the Danes in 879 A.D., to fortify their winter military
encampment
The land about the palace bas teen held by Bishops of London since 631 A.D.
formerly a meadow outside the Bishop's Park, Fulham, was It must be clear that this is recent years, by the Bishop and meat, which was banded over in causing a good deal of soffer the Ecclesiastical Commissioners ing to the local communities.to the Fulham Vestry. Not long ago it was stated that- The Japanese shipowners' new there were regulations regarding the punish-of work in Cardiff alone, and the 5.000 people our ment of seamen, it is stated, are position et ports like Newcastle, causing alarm and resentment Glasgow, Hull, Liverpool, Swan- among the seamen, who luck on sea, and so on. is almost as bad. these regulations as an attempt a organized repression, and are said to be considering steps to
meet the situation.
ATLANTIC FREIGHT RIVALEY.
What are the reasons?
used on their
CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S
FORTUNE.
most immediate and pressing is The the restriction of the exportation No Intention of Dividing it. of coal to a critle of what it was before the war: then we sen:)
A peace parley that bad bean. Admiral Berson. Chairman of abroad over 70,000,000 tons per and his wife, Miss Mildred Harris arranged between Charlie Chaplin the U.S. Shipping Board. has anaangh, no: including the bunker who were to have met in the office nounced that American and fox coal. carried by the outgoing of the comedian's lawyer recent- eiga shipping lines operating in the steamers - and Alantic had agreed to reduce journeys. But the amount of coal, did not take place. their freights to the atmost in exported during the current year Threats she had made to "tie order to meet competition by the will not be more than 20,000,000. up" his propert, and observations French line, which bad refused That is a very arave matter 23 bis alleged Bolshevism. had to enter the conference for the indeed, because it means that angered Mr. Chaplin, and at the purpose of stabilizing rates. there is less than one-third of the last moment he refused to meet coal cargoes available for export AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE.
before the war, and the Govern by British ships than there was ment's new order make it less
Admiral Beason. Chairman of the U.S. Shipping Board, and Mr. Hurley vice-chairman) addressed the National Marine
Tstill
ber.
spplying for an equity receivership Mrs. Chaplin's counsel talked of n Charlie's real and personal pro- perty. which he valued at the present situation is the war fit.
An equally serious factor in wife would claim 50 per cent. £1.600,000, and intimated that in which ships are beld up by congestion at the
exposition at Chicago and pleaded for the development of the Ameri- can merchant marine as a means of securing world peace and the It will probably come
ports. stability of conditions in the
29 B sbock to United States. Admiral Benson
most people that said that the merchant marine the amount of merchant toupage because of this. although was the means of establishing closerrelations with other nations.
in the world very greatly exceeds the tonnage available before the EFFECT OF "JONES" AUT ON
war, the efficiency of the British JAPANESE SHIPPING.
merchant feet is nearly 30 per "It has now become clear," cent. less. That means that it in pays Mr. Wakamiya, Director of doing only a little more than Mercantile Marine. "chat Pre-two-thirds of the work it did in sident Wilson has not sanctioned the year preceding the outbreak. Article 34 of the Merchant Marine of the war!!
$00 on
Charlie's counsel, contended that this could not be done.
"The only way she can get
in a separation or divorce action. any money," is by a suit for de sertion or non-support, or alimony She cannot claim non-support, because I understand she is making £300 a week in the
movies."
Charlie Chaplin protested emp- batically that he was no Bolshevik,
"They believe in dividing property, don't they?" he said.
Act, and thus it has becorce "SE IOUS BEYOND EXPRESSION." Well, I don't intend to divide impossible to operate the stipula- tions relating to the discrimio-
No wonder the Select Commit-ing property with anybody, and I atory treatment of foreign vessals
National Expenditure want the whole world to know in regard to Customs duties and with whipping have been saying
sbould say what those connected it." tonnage dues. There still remain for a considerable time that however, the stipulations regard-the situation is serious beyond ing the prohibition of coasting trade and discrimination in rail-
expression.”
things we cannot grow or produce way freight charges As to the For this state of affairs, caused or make ourselves. prohibition of coasting trade, partly by the less effective work- Again many ships leaving the Philippines, with which of the seamen (who admit, British ports are sailing ont Japanese shipping has close tedly had a very hard time of it empty, and the whole cost of the relations, are strongly opposed to confusion and delay at the ports, earned on the homeward passage, during the war), the chaos and voyage and the profits have to be the proposal, but not much reliance can be placed on this following largely on the applica which means that the goods car- tion of the eighthour day, and ried are much dearer when the opposition. The fact is that the] American Government intends hours, not merely affects those than they would be if the ships. less work done in those sight bousewife comes to buy them not to carry the stipulations into consected with the shipping and had bad cargoes to carry" out- effact uath February 1, 1922, by which time the American author transport industries. Lack of coal wards. ities hope to develop American hole community. It is by the causes of the vicious circle from
and docks congestion affect the These are some of the great' shipping sufficiently to render it unnecessary for America to rely goods we send abroad that way and the workers in particuler, are coal and other manufactured which the country in general, on foreign ships in her consting buy from other countries the know s trada.
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