DOMINION PORT CHARGES.
"OUTRAGEOUSLY HEAVY." SHIPPING PAPER'S COMMENT [rsoM our. own COBBESPONDKNT.] LONDON, Oct. 19. "We strongly sympathise with the complaints which are finding expression in shipping circles engaged in trade with New Zealand at the outrageously heavy port charges in the Dominion," says the British Export Gazette. "In one case mentioned in a recent statement issued by • the Chamber of Shipping, a vessel calling at six ports, had to pay £700, and another calling at four ports paid £340, in each case for pilotage alone. It is stated that port charges are sometimes nearly double the cost of stevedoring, and it stands to reason that a very considerable handicap to trade vis thus brought about! So far, we believe, no concerted protest has been made against these charges, but that they are against the best interests of commerce there cannot be any doubt. Perhaps the light thrown upon the matter will have the effect of causing the port authorities to reconsider the situation."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18567, 27 November 1923, Page 5
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