THE PORT OF HULL.
BID FOR DIRECJT SHIPMENTS. LONDON, June 18. Representations were recently made to the Prime Minister of New Zealand that Hull possesses facilities for distribution which merited a greater amount of direct business. At a meeting of the council of the Hidl Chamber of Commerce and Shipping this week the president (Mr James Downs) stated that the chamber had urged that Hull was the distributing centre for Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and the North of England, and that New. Zealand produce could be effectively and cheaply handled at the port and distributed over an area, containing 13,000,000 people. At present, Mr Downs said, the service was irregular. During 1926 only five ships arrived with cargoes of wool. etc. They were of the opinion that the distribution of New Zealand produce through Hull would be better done so far as the North of England was concerned than it was at present through London. The reply of the Prime Minister of New Zealand was at present, however, not very reassuring.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3829, 2 August 1927, Page 35
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169THE PORT OF HULL. Otago Witness, Issue 3829, 2 August 1927, Page 35
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