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PACIFIC SHIP
ROUTES
Speedy Revival of
Trade
LONDON, Aug. 20 (A.A.P.).
Big changes can be expected m
the Pacific shipping situation
almost immediately. .
Tire. "Evening .Standard" said
that an early; announcement-:©/.:
reductions ; in marine insurance j/!.;:
expected. Cessation of- 'convoys-
will continue only until: mine
fields art cleared up and the last
Japanese submarines, rounded
Present arrangements provide
for control of all- Allied, shipping
for another six months.
Defeat ends Japan's bid to cap
ture world trade routes. The Bri
tish merchant navy will- now be
in an invincible position : in Ihe
Far East. British ship yards for
months have been building fast
express freight liners which will
be ready to take, over Britain's
old trade routs in six months. ,
Commercial Page ,4
Women's Section . . Poge .4
Sporting Poge. 5
Classified Advts., Poges .5, 6; 7, 8
Classified Advfs. Index-.. Page. 3
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