Danish Ships For Pacific
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Trade
rERE are indications that the United States shortly will give effect to a plan under which 58 Danish vessels, which have been tied up in American ports since Denmark was over-run by the Germans, will be taken over and operated by the United States Govern ment on behalf of their Danish owners; and that the vessels will be used in the Western Hemisphere and in the Pacific Ocean, away from the war zone.
It is hoped by this means to release many British ships, now employed in the Pacific, for the urgent freight service between North America and Britain.
Western Samoa’s “Spitfire Fund” (see article on page 40 of this issue) closed on March 10 with a total of £5,672.
New Zealand has been making arrange ments for a supply of oranges. The pur chase of California oranges is not prac ticable because that eats up dollar funds; Jamaica oranges are favoured, but it is doubtful whether they can travel all the way to New Zealand without harm: New Zealand thought of getting Palestine oranges, but that was found to be not practicable; so finally it has been decided to obtain all possible supplies from the Cook Islands and make up the deficiency, if any, by importations from Australia.