STATE OCEAN LINERS
TO KEEP DOWN RISING RATES
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OTTAWA. March 2.
The Dominion Millers' Association has urged the Government to .establish a line of State-owned steamers bmweer Canada and Great Britain to combat the increasing ocean /freights, which v.*a* stated in the last few years has increased 40 to 75 per centMr Borden, Prime Minister, did not favour a Government line. He suggested that the millers and farmers should co-operate in creating and patronising a line.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 6 March 1914, Page 5
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78STATE OCEAN LINERS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 6 March 1914, Page 5
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