TRADE WITH HULL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1435, 9 May 1912, Page 5

TRADE WITH HULL.

TfIADE COMMISSIONER IN THE CITY, TEN MILLIoJTTeOPLE WITHIN fj lOTjcH. • ■ -■ • Mr. Austin Wily on, a special trade .'lllll. miasioner froan Mie i>oll of Hull, is at present <i visitor to Wellington. His mission as to ppw.i out to the colonies-, .\n~ traiin, and A'ew iJeuland, the odyaiit <•■"•, ■winch at present oiler in creatine u duv't' trade witn. Jiull, j n the same mimi>»r tlnit wo have with tho West Const purN of hnglana, hi conversation null a iJuvixion- reporter last cmiing, .Mr, lVil-011 pointeU out that Hull was tho nio4 cunvemeni and best equipped port on Iho i-ji.« cwjst of Miigland (or the supply of lie iw.'tlierii and midland „( produce. Within' easy ol Kl ooo.iino ppopli'. At pre.«nt tuero are Uo lHH's of fteyiiiets plj-ing behveen the Arp>ntinc and Hull direct with nit-at o\rBoos,, and they ttW H i satisfied with the" prospects tliat by tho last mail he hiu? hwx inlonnod tliat they arc asloins foi JDcreased aceoinuiodation. j jOm ioa was ot course, a steady market, but wipidlj developnvi countrios like Australia ana /j M.iand bhoiild bo on Uie alert for it, -i U "'? CIS ' " 11(1 "'«■< a«-aitc<l them at r •«w.n!l <!:r at I ,lPbOllf Iwd cold »tova.»e }w JWJ.OW but the ecceniiuwto* lion was being- greatly increased by tlm 01 a von- law <lwk J-i,U«0,O0O. 110 nad made it hi.i business t;i sou the controlling authorities of the ■•»«»«•, bavill and A', JW Zc .. lla|l(l sh.iypiJCompares, and they k>d , til t=d tlwV i!' tion nith Mull-, they would supply tb© oimage, In f he caso of the West of England. trade, the steamer Hues had bwu tlirtl might bo a vaiuab p means ct' initinting ft trade with Hull. 3!r. VilUi tncjed that it might be dispensed v"th"f llnll «" I k m ' • MX ; WC! * ! J- service.:. inrlr tl B T "'I 101 ' cn ™W POrt to work than London, and the freicht cheaper than from London. For u cost for tic carriage of me.it Ms. nor ton from Hull to JHrmiiijrhani, .»-hi] st he rate from Loimon was &h. !},!.; from Jlull to Driidford the chaise was its. hi, and fe m ,. L ?»' 10 " Ws.!Kl.i from Hull, hi ■ Hull to Hmifax 4-2s. 7(1., from I wl d,, n

A\ ttli co-operation the visitor did - Ao t think there would bo any difficulty ?« justifying „ monthly service. Bradford only .-fifty miles from Hull, took I In, 1,,'1k or oor wool at present, and it to Iμ transhipped at London at com M e ." a i,u co-ri- As a great deal of the wat >;.mght ih Australia and New 7 oK dome buyers, sent out for !t would be. more convenient ; , lu i i™ costly to ship it to Hull -jH-ect The freight rata from Hull to were very cheap, as thcru y.,, native competition between the miiway ' lines and canals, which radiate, fvom (lit- Humber m all direc ions. o f meat and wool, there would always Y M a ~o od msxr kvt time for other prodweo, such as butter aurt lrrnt., Me- had iiv . t m applc-grovtr in Hobart-a'Hull rar.r.-who iiad been Kluppiiiß his apples </j Jlull for koiius time, and th« prices-hfvcalK-d were considerably above those his iieiuiibows had received iu tho London market... . ■ Mr. Wiison liad received great encouragement in Australia, and was opt jm- ■ lstio as yegax'ih tho establishment of direct comm.unieatic.n with the go-ahead port ho represents. He loaves for Svdney to-morrow, but will return to Now" Zealand later on to further the objpcls of his mission.