SHIPPING CHARGES
OPPOSITION TO FLAT RATE • (Per Press Association. 1 NliW PLYMOUTH, this day. The Taranaki Chamber of Commerce last night discussed the report presented to the Wellington Harbor Board by .Mr. G. Mitchell on the subject of flat rate of freight from overseas ports, and advocating concentrating overseas shipping at the main ports. During the discussion it was elicited that transhipping and other charges at Wellington added groatly to the cost oi goods at New Plymouth, and that direct shipment to and from New Plymouth made great savings to the district. A committee ’"as set up to draft a reply to Mr. Mitchell.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16622, 13 April 1928, Page 7
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