NEW ZEALAND OCEAN FREIGHTS.
, VTEWS CF THR MINISTER. FOR LANDS. [United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Wednesday. "Mr McNab, Minister for Lands, in a Bpoech at Te Puke, said that as' trade developed it would be found that before t New Zealand could compete with other colonies, such as Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, where everything went to one port, we would have to get frei-hts tetween New Zealand L and England enormously reduced. If I large steamers had to go to several porta , for cargo freights would remain high. It ; would pay New Zealand infinitely better io concentrate its chief ports. That of Auckland, for instance, should j say to shipping companies: "Bring your la- g <st and best vessels here. We : will load them from one port" Then freights would come down to the lowest ; figure. Competition in the near future ; would compel New Zealand to resort to , that moans of getting low freights. Then the Governmsnt of the dav would , not hesitate to join with merchants and shippars, so that productrs might be able to concentrate trade at one point
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 17 April 1907, Page 2
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182NEW ZEALAND OCEAN FREIGHTS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 17 April 1907, Page 2
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