CHEESE FREIGHTS
A ANNOUNCED.
By Telegraph—Preen Association. Christchurch, February 15.
Air. Massey has for some time past been- communicating with the Imperial Government in order to get a reduction in cheese freights. To-day, while speaking at Rangiora, Air. Massey announced that he had just received a communication indicating a considerable reduction in the freight rate for cheese. The rate is reduced to lid'., plus 10 per cent., the reduction to be applicable to the first shipment of new season’s cheese as from November 1 last and subsequent shipments. Mr. Alassey said that this meant a saving to the cheese producers of t'he Dominion of not less than £213,000 on freight based on last year’s export. Dunedin, February 45.
Tho South Island Dairy Association has just received advice by cable from London of an agreement to reduce cheese freights to l]d. per pound, plus 10 per cent, this reduction being retrospective to and including the November shipment. This has been accepted, and represents a reduction on thus season’s cheese freights to London from ths Dominion of at least £200,000. IVhat cheese freights mean to the shipping companies may bo gauged from the fact that a farthing per pound represents a quarter yf a million sterling.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 122, 16 February 1921, Page 7
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