FLAX PRICES AND FREIGHT
MILLERS VOICE THEIR PROTEST.
'" By Telegraph-Press Association. Auokland, January 4. Discussine the increase in freights passed a resolution proposing; thatas millers and shippers at the conference •in September accepted the prices fo hemp and tow suggested b the Imp ial Authorities, the treig its hould le main at the previous rate o a cm re ponding increase in pnees allowed l A deputation from the assocla tun interviewed the Hon. AM Ihe acting-chairman said that prior to tne September meeting the.mil era were receiving £60 per ton for fair average homn g They tad accented £44 and ,ow faced a reduction owing to the now freights, to about £35. They had made contracts to purchase green flax, and unless some relief «» hey would be unable to fulfil their obligations, and the mills would bo closed, affecting between 8000 and 9000 employees "and dependants.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 87, 5 January 1918, Page 8
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