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4. Death of Mr. H. Gordon Warren.
The Chairman stated that it had just been brought to
his notice that Mr. H. Gordon Warren, who was a member of the
panel of shipowners and who formerly served for a short time
as a member of the Committee, died a few days ago.
It was
agreed that the Chairman should convey the sympathy of the
Committee to Mrs. Warren.
5.
Tin Producers Association.
Minutes of 168th Meeting).
(vide paragraph 5 of
The Chairman stated that he had had a discussion
with Sir George Maxwell, the Chairman of the Tin Producers
Association, during the course of which Sir George made it
clear that what he really wanted to ascertain was whether the
Committee would be prepared to undertake an inquiry into the
question of freight rates on tin in the event of the
Association being unable to reach any agreement with the
Shipping Conferences involved.
Sir George Maxwell explained
that the tin producers were really the people most concerned,
and it was important to them that the price of tin should be
kept as low as possible, since other metals, for example zinc
and aluminium, were liable to be substituted for tin should the
price of the latter reach a certain level. In reply the
Chairman had drawn the attention of Sir George Maxwell, to the
decisions of the Committee to the effect that they would not
investigate increases of freight on particular articles which
occurred as ordinary market movements, but only such increases
as were so considerable or general or otherwise exceptional,
as to give prima facie reason for regarding them as
unjustifiable. He thought that in view of the circumstances
submitted to him by Sir George, the Committee might be
prepared to investigate a complaint submitted to them by the
Tin Producers Association if they were satisfied that all
attempts at negotiation between the Association and the
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