DIFFICULT LOADING
EXPORTS FROM LONDON
In a letter dated October 30, the manager in London of a Melbourne firm of importers stated that the export conditions there amounted to a system of permits and licences for manufactured articles. "You ask for information regarding the position of shipping," the manager writes. "Conditions at the docks are very congested, and it is extremely difficult to get all our goods on board. Even recourse to bribery is not always successful, as there is so much delay in the Customs^ offices from one cause or another —lost papers. Owing to the shipping companies having moved their offices from London, further delay is caused. It now takes two or three days to put documents through. . . .One thing we shall not know in future is the dates on which steamers will be leaving. We shall only, know the closing date for sending down cargo to any particular boat."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 12
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DIFFICULT LOADING
Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1939, Page 12
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