DIRECT TRADE.
IBKfSTOIi AM) AUSTRALASIA. fßy Electric Cable —Copyright. 1 „n.i V 7, l>h!e ! (Receded Thursday, 3.20 \>.m.) I j >\ i)()N. September la. s ir A;,drew Kisber and Sir James u|c. n the Agents-General DourneveVl to Bristol for the purpose oi m--mectin- a new cold store costing £150.000. will, a capacity of 200.000 carcases, erected to meet the demand of the growing direct trade between Bristol and Australasia. Ibe Hocks Committee entertained the victors at luncheon. The chairman pointed out that 10.000,000 people within a. radius of H>o miles of Bristol would provide a market foi Australasian produce. ! he, recent doub ling of railway freights had handicapped overland transport from London docks, and correspondmgb Li ou’-ed Bristol. Sir A. Fisher and Sir tames Aden stated that Australasia wvs extremely anxious to encourage direct trade with British coastal ports tor the purpose of facilitating distribution »>f products.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1638, 17 September 1920, Page 5
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146DIRECT TRADE. Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1638, 17 September 1920, Page 5
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