SHIPPING FREIGHTS
DESIRE FOR REDUCTION As n result of an interview given tho federation's representatives in Loudon by. Is'cw Zealand Shipping Lines, no inerea.se in freight 011 cargo bound for New Zealand has occurred, whereas thoro has been an increase of 2 J per cent on inward freight rates, states the annual report of the New Zealand Importers' Federation. To this extent the federation lias done valuable work, continues the report, bub the major issue of a reduction in rates will bo piirsucd vigilantly. ft is hoped to point out, to the Minister of Marketing, the-lion. W. Nash, that a reduction in outward freight rates will help him in his object of increasing our purchases from Britain in return for her purchase of our primary products.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22583, 23 November 1936, Page 10
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126SHIPPING FREIGHTS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22583, 23 November 1936, Page 10
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