WEST COAST TRADE

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 73, 24 September 1923, Page 8

WEST COAST TRADE

NEED FOR REGULAR SHIPPING

There is a.good deal of doubt *» to the on ?h" Cf *r at H,^ lira- Tvi "«l «ill have will L?^ Wcsila? d. «d whether it from wJftfn '"'eanf °/., orders jtrom Wellington to Chnstohurch."- The I Wellington Chamber of Commerce hat ; ascertained that while there are so»£ lines that are almost certain to go by-rail the rater on general line, will still favour car riß K e by steamer, 'particularly for IW9 «<»?. « Os land Jisvo already gono to Christohuron, without due consideration by turn ordering, of fee relative rates of freight, and .immediately they beoorno I fully aware of this « i s 06^ tha 7°tf™ . ed in the trade aim to provide a bi-wefklv I servioa, and if .weather, bar, and other iwith *T <*.-»n™»«««ably interfere with the sailings, and boats could lea.vo Wellmgton on regular, days, . say ever? I Tuesday and Friday, the trade by VTcK iiiCTea"e<L OUSC? shou!d be retained and It would be as well for the West Coast storekeepers and others ■to k«.p theineolves well posted in the relative co»U°f •ecurmg s ood» from tho various (centres and .if they do so they .should in , lO arTy allcases prefer Wellington. Of eou-se with sea freight charged by measarornVni and rail freight by weight some classes of goods ars bound to bs preferred, and such lines as grain, produce, and seeds will be tent by rail, but on general classcß of merchandise freight by . meMutement ■ should be advantageous.