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ment. Fines in cases of this kind are ridiculous, and cannot be expected to put down this kind of crime. The severer the sentence the more cartain it is that the evil will beatamped out. This q

IQUES. tion was raised at the last Budget | debate, sad the Hon. Mr. A.G.M. Flatcher pointed out that the remedy lay in the hands of the shipping companies and the merchants themselves. In this connection it is interesting to note that the Port of London

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1920.

DAIRY FARM

NEWS.

FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON.

Authority is about to place a Farm Fed Turkeys and

scheme before the shipping com-

panies at Hams for the policing)

Geese,

of ships in the London dacks Sucking Pigs, Capons, Haggis, Ham,

without which the checking of

pilferage which takes place.

on the ships cannot Bacon, Hares, Rabbits. Sausages of

tected, The scheme has

now been embodied in an agree

ment to which the shipowners all description.

have subscribed. There will be added to the Authorities' Police | Fore 116 officers and men, the Feost of which is estimated at £35,000 per annum. This cost will be borne by the shipping in teresis concerned. I commend this plan to the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce. It is one that can be adapted to our needs, seeing that merchants and shipping companies have also lost large sums through the pilfering of cargo. As the Hon. Mr Fletcher very rightly stated, the canimercial community and the public in general expect the Government to do every and any thing for them. The shipping com- panies and the merchants must combine together in a coomon plan of protection. A remedy must be found for the prevalence of theft and pilferage.

The problem must be tackled not only [by the shipowners, but by every party interested, such as merch. ante, dark authorities, under- writers, etc.

Reuter yesterday stated that at the meeting of, the F. and 0. Company. Lord Inchcape, the Chairman, forecasted that pas. senger fares would be reduced to an economic level passible. This

as soon course,

will take time, but with the down-i ward trend in prices which seems to be fairly universal at present. there is no reason why passenger fares should not come down also. With a revival in trade, when) more freight will be carried such! a thing would be quite within the realm of practical politics, but not until then. On the assurance of his Lordship, the present P. and 0. iares are below cost. Lord In- chrape is an optimist and a very good business man. He has suc ceeded in selling for the Ministry of shipping Se 91 ex- enemy ships, and hopes son tol dispose of the remainder. Up to) the present. I think Lord Inch- cape has succeeded in disposing of 247.400 gross tons of shipping of the value of £4,786,973. which must be regarded as a very bril Han: efor under the present adverse conditions, and quite a triumph for Lord Inchcape." It would have been interesting to See what the vessels would have fetched had their sale been en-i trusted to any Government. department. The Ministry of Ship-) ping has ceased to fanction long) *20. Sir Leo Chiozza Money has been criticising Lord Inchcape in the Home papers. He states that the figure realised is very low, little more than £12 per deadweight tou. or about half the cost of new vessels. In these days we want constructive criticism. Sir Leo Chiozza Money is an arm- ehair critic.

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The policy of the United States Shipping Board with regard to the The pilferage evil is noroaintenance of ocean rates be- universal. The London Chamber tween Europe and the Far East of Commerce, like the Hongkong was recently discussed at a con- (By "Neptune.") General Chamber of Commerce ference. Representatives of the) Flongkong shipyards last year has been quite perturbed over the Shipping Board conferred with turned out about 80,000 tons of way pilfering has been increas steamship lines running to Chios. shipping of various types. This ing. Sotwithstanding the 75 per Japan, and the Far East with a included standardised vessels of cent. theft clause, that i referred to view about 8.000 tons constructed for recently in these columns, it does regular trade between Europe participation in the the Imperial Government. Sup- not seem that the losses under and that district. The Ship- plies were secured without any the beading of theft, pilferage and ping Board stated that since great difficulty and most of the short delivery are being reduced Americans and Allies fought shipping yards have increased either in amount or in number together in the war they should their output considerably. Only quite recently claims work together in peace. Other Although the contracts for this amounting to £150,000 had to be lines expressed approval of shar- year were not as large as the presented to the London undering trade with United States previous year, the yards have writers on foregoing from Siberia ressels on equal terms. European been fairly busy." The recent to England, and which bad splines, however, fitters' strike has helped to ia-parently been stolen by the rebate system, and in view of the practice the

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crease the price for repair work, Bolshevists. The annual report Sherman Act the Shipping Board THE LAW OF COMPENSATION.

but the volume of such work is of the Port of London Authority was unable to agres immediate

fines.

so grest that it is believed that discloses that the body takes ly to follow foreign customs. the increased bills charged for serious view regarding the pilfer: The purpose of rebating, said and if this is refused then the repairing will neutralise

the ing and plundering of goods at Admiral Benzon, is to induce Shipping Board has the power to affects of the strike. The smaller their docks.

The Banque Industrielle de There were 934 shippers to send all of their bar the foreign vessels connected Chine beg to inform the holders of yards have been busy on the con- canvictions on this count, and of goods by one line, and conse from the parts of the United States. the temporary bonds of the Credit struction of motor vessels, but these 25 per cent. had been sent this trade is rather on the decline. to gaat and the rest escaped with quently to give the steamabip This is a club to force fair play, National 1919, which have been company a greates, volume of and it is a powerful club. The subscribed through them, that freight. He pointed out that if policy of the Shipping Board is to same must be exchanged in their The China Mutual Steam

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Here in Hongkong I must ad- becomes merely a general reduc-fixing ocean Freight rates, but if before March 1921. has just declared an interim mit the Magistrates have taken tionic rates. "Under the Merchant it is necessary we will not hesitate dividend of six shillings per share a serious view of the matter, and Marine Act," said the chairman, to enforce the provisions of the on the ordinary shares, lese have in almost every case of "American steamship companies law. The Board does not follow ance to conference agreements on income tax. This is at the rate pilfering and cargo broaching are authorised to ask for admis the policy of granting rebates, but equal terus. We want to put an of six per cent, per sanum,

sentenced the man to imprison-lon to steamship conferences, we are empowered to seek entrend to cut-throat competition."

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