PORT OF LONDON RATES.
The Board of Trade inquiry into the provisional schedule of port rates framed by the Port of London Authority has boon opened by Lord St. Aldwyu. # Objections have been made, by the railway co'mpanies;, to the provisions by which goods coming in and going out by sea are exempt, while goods coming in by sea and going out by rail have to pay. A large-amount of,evidence has been heard in support of-, objections by., shipowners .and traders at novel duties ami expenses which had been placed on coastwise shipowners, -which, it was said, would handicap carriers by sea in competition with railway companies. The point was regarded as important, and on '.behalf of ■the Port Authority .time was asked to 1 consider the matter.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7110, 23 April 1910, Page 2
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128PORT OF LONDON RATES. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7110, 23 April 1910, Page 2
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