CARGOES GO ON TO BLACK MARKETS
Received Wednesdav, S..'lfl p.rn. SYDNEY, July 17. "Watersiders liave decided to comply with any request whieh mav he made hv the. crew of the British freightcr Samson, to han the loading of 10,000 bags of flour for Shanghai. Members oi" Ihe rrew e.omplained to the Waterside Workers' Fcdei'at ion that. cargo takeu to Shanghai went inimpdiately on to the blaek niarket. They alleged that lorries drove on to the wharves t.hpre and impudently carted Ihe cargoes uway. A Chinese mercliant who arrived herc ypst e rd a v, ponfirined the iaet that a proport ion of Australian exports to Singapore were going on the hlack markpt. This, he said, was due to goods being sent to small unreliable dealers. Australian goods whieh were bi'inging I'anev prices iiieludcd posnietips, frozon meat vegetables and fresh fruit.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 July 1946, Page 5
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