IMPORTED PAPER.
REDUCTION OF FREIGHT RATE. AUCKLAND, July 24. A concession on the freight rate on paper from England is announced by the shipping companies. The present charge is £4 a ton on measurement. This rate it is proposed to change to £4 a ton, calculated on the weight of the paper. A merchant stated that a saving of up to 15s a ton on bulky paper was anticipated, but- there would be virtually no concession on hard finished papers. The change had ‘been made. he. thought, as -the result of persistent representations that the freight from England should be brought more closely into line with that from Canada and the United States, which was £3 a ton measurement. That freight charge it was not proposed to alter.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3881, 31 July 1928, Page 36
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128IMPORTED PAPER. Otago Witness, Issue 3881, 31 July 1928, Page 36
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