FREIGHT WAR
REDUCED RATES IN AUSTRALIA
ASSOCIATED COMPANIES RESPOND TO CHALLENGE
OJ.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) J (Received 'Oct. 1. 5.25 pan.) SYDNEY, Oct. I.' A freight war has begun, in tho coastal shipping service of Austra-lia,-at the- instances of the Patrick' Line, whbso two ffmall steamers have repeatedly made, serious inroads into "tfadlP origihall v" handled by . the large inter.-Sbate shipping-companies. The Patrick Line’s rates had been reduced'2o.‘per "cent. The Associated Companies) to-day fired a broadside by announcing 1 eductions in freight of'from jV por* cent;- befow-that of the" Patrick Liiie. ' : : ', It-Is calculated that the • saving to shippers will thus ‘ aggregate £200,CCO per year- . . /.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11326, 2 October 1930, Page 5
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105FREIGHT WAR Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11326, 2 October 1930, Page 5
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