MERCHANTS SHOCKED
SHIPMENT OF MAIZE BIG INCREASE IN FREIGHT [ Per Press Astociatlon. ) GISBORNE, Feb. 29. A shock has been caused to Gisborni produce firms by the unexpected increase of fourteenpenco per sack on maize shipped between Gisborne and Auckland, the former price of lOd having been advanced to two shillings per sack. The increase is causing great dissatisfaction, as local merchants had taken orders for February, Alarch, April, forward delivery at the tenpence freight rate.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20085, 2 March 1928, Page 7
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75MERCHANTS SHOCKED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20085, 2 March 1928, Page 7
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