BRITISH SHIPPING.
SCHEME FOR COASTWISE TRAFFIC
(Elec. Tel. Copyright— united Press Assn.) i Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, Aug. 8. In order to revive British coastwise shipping, and also to relieve rail congestion, a conference of Government representatives of various interests agreed to utilise shipping for tragic which before the war was ordinarily sea-borne. The Government repays shippers the difference m freights until the rail rates are raised to the level of sea freights.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14984, 11 August 1919, Page 5
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