SHIPPING FREIGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12240, 8 April 1903, Page 5

SHIPPING FREIGHTS.

. [BY TELEGRAPH.PBESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Tuesday. One of tie circumstances which handicap "ew Zealand produce competing in the same Market as that from Argentine is the scale # shipping freights. The matter lias been Haired into by the New Zealand Produce Commissioner in London, and his report to M 8 Agent-General has now reached the Department of Industries and Commerce. Mr. Uffieron says: "There does not appear to ?l an definite rale fixed—that is to say, there is no agreed upon contract entered jjtto between the River Plate freezing com- ; Ponies and the shipping companies, as there ; »m New Zealand. The charge is the same 61, pound for all classes of frozen meat— mutton, lamb, and beef. It varies slightly according to supply and demand of both ."eight and shipping. Should there happen ™ be a large output 01 meat waiting shipment and scarcity of freights, rates would be ™ m - On the other hand, when supplies are snort and vessels plentiful they would be ° Wer ,- from a half-penny to five-eights per , pound., according to the type of boat and ■ "stance up river in the Argentine where ' S m S takes place. Consideration is also .given when fixing freights to the combinaI " 01 i of ports in this country at which disjaarge , s to be effected. lam also informed na t shippers, who, of course, are few in number and in a large way of business, often I ™ artei .vessels for the time, load them as it ' VI •'' \ r purpose, and send them -where H fi*i ' Ifc must "0* be forgotten that such : v : unns as Nelson Brothers, Limited, and 1 SJ- 6r Plate Meat Company, Limited, own •' j~" r own boats, and charge for freight on i' rfoii * er five-eights per pound on net weight wurered l'" 1 London, Southampton, or