HC Deb 09 July 1919 vol 117 c1849W
Mr. GANGE

asked the President of the Board of Trade if railway companies have the right to discriminate between one destination and another for goods traffic and to refuse to carry where it is not a case of diversion of traffic previously water-borne?

STATEMENT showing the number of Steamships over 300 tons net registered tonnage, and under 1,000 tons net registered tonnage, which were lost in each of the five years 1910 to 1914, inclusive, together with the number of lives lost in such vessels—
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 191 4.
Vessels. Lives Lost. Vessels. Lives Lost. Vessels. Lives Lost. Vessels. Lives Lost:. Vessels. Lives Lost.
Foundering 1 2 1 13 Nil 2 13
Strandings 5 8 10 5 18 5
Collisions 5 7 7 17 6 1 2 1 3 1
Other causes 1 1 1 2 Nil Nil 1 2
Missing vessels 1 15 1 19 1 15 1 20 Nil Nil
13 23 19 38 18 29 9 39 12 14