Secret Rebate Question
■ —* — ... British Trade Diverted Press Association.—Copyright. (Received September 4,11,12 p.m.) ' LONDON, September 4. Captain Young, Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlement, in his annual report, brings, a strong indictment against the shipping conference. The increase 111 freight for the year was £164,000, and' £28,000, was yearly granted in secret, rebates, favouring a small number or firms,: the majority being foreign, with the result that 23,831 tons of Imperial trade was diverted to tlio European Continent, and British tramps were jousted. An agitation had new been begun for legislation to abolwli secret rebates.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume VIII, Issue 2344, 5 September 1908, Page 3
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93Secret Rebate Question Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume VIII, Issue 2344, 5 September 1908, Page 3
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