THE SHIPPING RINGS.
White Star's Preference to Ajiierica. LONDON, April 2. Mr. Sanderson, manager of the White Star line of steamers, testified before the ; Royal Commission on shipping rings that! the preferential rates ou American goods' shipped from Lew York to Australia via ■ Liverpool were due to the fact that dif- ■ ferent interests were mutually fighting in the direct service between New York and Australia, and were unable to come to an agreement. A strong point in the shippers' favour, he said, was the tendency to increase the size of vessels, and rates were being gradually lowered in order to draw, cargoes from sailers, ___ !
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 81, 3 April 1908, Page 5
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