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SHIPPING NOTES.

'(By "Neptune.") Ducing the work, Rente informed us that the Imperial Shipping Committee has 110-

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the goods so. Lost. This agree. ment does not apply to the following interests Specie, bi- lion, precious stones, precious metals, jewellery, bonds, papers of value, pictures, works of art

any to recover

animously reportel recommend quicksilver rubber and personal i mai ora legislation for theflects. Much his horn said Empire on the question of the about faulty packing and the liability of shipowarts under billssses cansed to underwriters and of lading. The Imperial 8 ipping importers in consequence. The Committee was appointed in the foreign buyer purchases. goods middle of last year by the Prime with the idea of their arriving Minister to enquire into com-looks for quick relarna. When in good condition and usually plaints with regard to ocean

they arrivo damaged from freights, shipping facilities, and conditions in inter-Imperial trade. cause, bo may be able from the under Dominions

each were represented on the Committee by writers, but he loses his trade to a competitius, before his cos. Que representative. The Shipping Committe was also required to tomer, and what he secures from survey the facilities for maritime insuranco in no way compensates transport on such routes as appear him for loss of trade. A little! necessary for trade within the care in packing, even though i Empire, and to make recommend costs a little extra, is in itself an ations to the proper authorities insurance, and the insurance! for the co ordination and improve-companies themselves recognise ment of such facilities with regard the value of good packing and to the type, size and speed of grant reduced rates in ships, depth of water in docks and sequence. An object lesson may channels, construction of harbour be taken from Germany, who considered satisfactory packing worked and similar matters;

as one of her greatest assets The formation of this Comin foreign trale, and largely by neans controlled Alany mittee was welcomed in Cinada and Australia, which have proved their sense of the vital import-

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ance of shipping to the economic the meeting of the Her-)

to many who up to the present have scarcely realised the full He said: extent of the evil.

life of the Empire by the establish- ment of a national mercantile Dempster Line at Liverpool, on marine, and

the question of pilferage, sakd have repeaterlly jurged the need of concerted the evil has increased to such an. action by the Dominions and the extent that it must be regarded More Country in regard to as a serious menace to England's. shipping affairs. The fact that rade, Mr. Sharrock's statement the Imperial Shipping Committee that his firm alone enfers a loss had reported its conclusions to £2,000 a week will brig the the Prime Ministers of Canada, seriousness of the matter Tone Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Newfoundland and the Secretaries of State for the Colonies and Initia goes to show These disgraceful robberies that its findings ever a very in even before the goals leave large area. We have not the the packing houses; then the findings to enable us to express thieves are again at work on the an opinion, beyond the fact that railways. Further sate of robbers the Committee "proposes the get to work un the dock quays and establishment of a special body in the ships' and so on to the end of the aspire to the voyage." This is a matter deal with exceptions and limits which affects may people. The shipowners, on their part, are Hability. INamed that the Committee have naturally taking what measures ::úrJl y a standard bill of they can to protect themselves,

ading.

whether.by mace offiçiens watch- fulness, insisting ou better park- Popular Campaign for

In this connection it may bang o refusing to incur liabii y Agreement with Britain

unless certain enditions are mentioned that the committee of and America.

futalled. Shippers ars equally merchants and shipowners Following the rejection in the appointed by the London Chamkeen to see that their part of the Diet of his motion dalling for thelber of Commerce to restation of saval expeniitar whether a simple standard, heavy loss, whilst the insurers!

are also taking very great carn that they will not be landed in any unnecessary risk.

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4 through an agreement with Grear uniform bill of lading could be Britain and the United States, agreed upon, found that suck Mr. Ozaki, the former Minister of desideratum was practically in Justier, i touring the principal possible. The Committee of the sitios of Western Japan in the London Chamber, in a report. S. SHIPPING BOARD. cause of disarm.ument. Mass stated that trades were so diverse aneatings are being hold at Osakas to require different conditions

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Kioto, Kobe and Nagoya, The for each, and that there were often President Harding Listens to! editors of the dsi hi and Mainich three eides to the question

Abolition Proposal. are assisting Mr. Ozaki, both the interests of the individual,

President Harding recently editorially and on the public shipper or importer, of the other conferred with Mr. Averill Harri- shippers or consignees, perhaps man, son of the late Mr. E. H. For the first fimo, as regarint a subsequent port, and of the Harriman, railway magnate and such meetings, admission fees are shipowner. It would be interest financier. The president said being charged in order to helping to know how the Imperial afterwards that he was impressed defray the expenses of the cain Shipping Committes treats these with the argument of shipping paign. The metings are every questions. Most of the presenti men who want the government where attracting thousands of dissatisfaction among shippers" to go out of the shipping auditors.

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M. Ozaki prophesies that a re-pilferage of cargo. Against this Mr. Harding said he regarded duction of naval armaments will may be permitted to point out the suggestion to abolish the be agreed upon before the next that in the Australian and New United States Shipping Board session of the Dir.

Zaland trades shipowners have and to create a new exaoutive Commenting on the disarms agreed to increase their liability department to doal with shipping mont question, the Isali declares

"worth thinking that the time has come to relier.fup to £10 per cubic foot or £200 problems as per package.

about."

"I think there is a growing feeling that the shipping board's the daki, must take the pilforge frequently occurs while method of handling the problem situation in hand. Tho, majority the goods are not under the ship is of doubtful value," said the.

owner's control, and some will president. of Japanese are diametrically on-

"The Japanese and the British} *0C*40€++€€++$&*•*@***CO+•K®$Y•X€¢ pased to the "stupendous expandianly pay fifty per cent. of any

a protection interests are putting bigger and pilferage claim as 01 armaments. Even! against cases in which they are faster ships io service from wealthy America is endeavouring not really responsible for the loss. Vancouver to the Far East. The

reduce her navy. Japan

For the adjustment of differences shipping board must not only call simply cannot waste money on

Japan should take arising between shipowners and but it has got to raise once in a armaments. the initiative id universal dis merchants, the Committee of the white in a game for passenger London Chamber of Commerce traffic, if it want Americans to SODIO ti-ne ago suggested the patronize American ships," stated The Mainiché similarly, volces great distrust of the politicians sirability of forming strong Mr. E. F. Blaine, of the Seattle and anys that it is an open secret associations of importers and ex-Chamber of Commerce, at the that Japan's naval programce is parters, such as exist in England Shipping Board's conference.

Mr. Blaine urged that the based on consideration of the for the South African and Austra-

lasian trades. It is suggestive of shorter distances to the Orient United States an imaginary the importance of the merchant gave Seattle advantages over enemy, Such an attitude on the] houses in the export trade of other Pacific coast ports and for part of Japan, it asserts, has roGreat Britain that the shipowners' lines to be established.

negotiations on public questiona Astoria, Oregon, ropresent- Continuing, the Mainichi points are invariably with bodies of atives requested that two of the merchants and not with British 585-ships" be allotted to the

Astoria-Orient run.

armament,"

sulted in an increase of armaments:

in the United Statra,

out that Great Britain has

suspended the building of men-of manufacturers.

war, aud says that it is the height

of folly for the Japanese Diet tol

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the international comity; but its they agreed to

theft only by a separate policy

Mr. James Einery of the San Coming into operation May Francisco Chamber of Commerce roject the proposal of Mr. Ozaki, 10th last. English marine an- said the "ships ought to be dry, Such action. 11 asserts, only derwriters agreed to the insertion but it was not ncesssary for the causes Japan to be regarded as in their policies, to cover the passengers to be dry." He urged pilitaristie, and excluded from risk of theft, of a clause in which San Francisco as the primary

cover risks of gateway of the Pacific."

Reprosentatives from Portland rejection does not represent national sentiment, but merely or by enforcement on the marine urged that their city ba made VAPOLINE INHALANT possesses one unique feature-on shows that the Legislature at policy, and for a separate ad- a terminal for an Oriental line. contact with the air it develops & gives off antiseptic Vapours Tokyo is composed of "ignorant on the slip and policy In con- declared that all ports on the ditional promium to be shown Los Angeles representatives which gradually gain in strength, hence it is very economical in politicians."

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