JTHE POSITION AT WESTPORT.
FEELING THE PINCH
.- (?MS9 ASSOCIATION' TELXCRAM.) WESTPORT, December 8. -. At a large and representative meeting of tho Westport Chamber of Commerce to-day over sixty members being present, it was resolved to ask the Union Steam Ship Company to send a steamer with merchandise to Westport, and to ask the Prime Minister to use his influence with tie company to this ?nd, the citizens guaranteeing the labour required. It is understood that the watersidere »-ill be given an opportunity to handle lie cargo, and failing their agreeing to o so, the importers themselves will «idle it. "Everyone is feeling tho position,very ••enly. Business people are out of •;ar, and there is a shortage in many «r directions.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14844, 9 December 1913, Page 8
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120JTHE POSITION AT WESTPORT. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14844, 9 December 1913, Page 8
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