VIA PANAMA
CARGO BEATS PAPERS
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WELLINGTON, March 29. Consignees of cargo from New Y,W* ; bv the steamer Star of India, which: came via Panama, find ■ that they can- (i not take delivery of the goods c or two' or' three weeks, because the ne?o.;sary documents are not yet to hand. Ail arrangement exists under which documents are forwarded, from New York -to I ondon ' and thence to New Zealand. J ™®: system worked well enough when ...tra.up steamers followed the old roir.es, *\t» now that steamers use the Panama i snai they reach New Zealand about a fortnight earlier than the papers cove ing. their cargoes. As a result. merchants, in addition to delay in obtaining delivery ox. goods, have to pay additional storage, charges. .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 30 March 1915, Page 7
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127VIA PANAMA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 30 March 1915, Page 7
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