COASTAL SHIP TRADE
Lyttelton Figures Well Lp "Our coastal trade is still holding up pretty well,” commented Mr F. T. Sutton yesterday when the Lyttelton Harbour Board received its monthly trade figures. "They show that the smaller shipping companies are going to work and chasing the cargo,” he said. Last month, the first of the baord’s financial year, cargo amounted to 76,764 tons, compared with 86.635 tons a year ago. Both imports and exports dropped—the first from 65,066 tons to 54,881 and the second from 21.569 tons to 21,903. Coastal trade figures were: imports, 24,509 tons (17.270 in October, 1962) and exports, 17.840 tons (17.364,.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30288, 14 November 1963, Page 11
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