London, Jan. 31.
On the' occasion of the presentation of cheques to Liverpool cap-tama for heroism displayed in esoaping from German submarines, Sit Arthur Hill, Secretary of the Liverpool Steamship Owners' Association, said that at the beginning of the war there were 1,050 vessels entered in war risks insurance. Th enemy had destroyed sixty vessels and we had added seventy-two. No ship had been kept in port for a single day by the crew refusing to risk putting to sea.
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