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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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