TRANSPORT OF RELIEF SUPPLIES.
WELLINGTON, last night. The Government has decided to pay for the railage of all goods other than frozen mutton from local committees throughout the Dominion consigned to , central committees for the poor of Great Britain, Ireland, and Belgium. While it is understood that central committees have made satisfactory arrangements with shipping companies for shipment of case goods to England, the Government desires it to be known that space will be reserved m transports shortly to leave New Zealand for as many cases " of clothing as it ia possible that the central committees may wish to forward by these ships. No perishable goods can be accepted for transportation by troopships, as there is no insulated space available. Central committees throughout the Dominion nave been informed, so that they may take advantage of the offer to forward clothing by the transports. <
NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. The war has not affected trade at this port. In ten months ending October the cargo handled totalled 94,590 - tons/ as against 83,608 tons m ten
months of last year, and 92,467 tons for the whole year. __ There is no marked increase m direct imports from overseas.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13540, 18 November 1914, Page 3
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194TRANSPORT OF RELIEF SUPPLIES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13540, 18 November 1914, Page 3
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