The Archive · 1925

The Canadian State Merchant Ships

If Successful on Atlantic to Be Followed on Pacific Ottawa, Mar. 13.

In the course of a debate in the House of Commons to-day with re-Jeard to ratification of the Peterson agreement, Mr. Graham, the Minis ter of Railways, that if a measures of control was secured for the Atlantic and succeeded, then the same principle would be applied the Pacific trade.

On February 19 the text of an agreement: was tabled in the House between Sir William the Governmei Atlantic service under Government control of rates in consideration of jan annual subsidy of £275,000.—Reuter's American Service.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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