TIIADI: WITH HULL,

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1620, 11 December 1912, Page 8

TRADE WITH HULL

Sir,—T nolico I hut HI Hie liljMlli>'?i!litl of tho Chamber nf O.'MlilLifoe A.lo, illllle? is reported ns sltilillil lllilt Illy mission nil ■ hero appears lo bo n mote mi lII* liilrl of certain railway coinjiiiiilps 11l allrrtH traffic lo llleil' lilies, hnil \m leillg fib he did not think (lie uliamlief «!ln.Hltl llllerosl itself in Hie MHill'M', Niilvi I should like to uiy I nlUM'Ulililllla y liultlU ing out tho nploiuitd water fillil (Uw W tM wm of naviAftWfl tivel'n MM Opwi

which radinto inland from Hull, and at tlio nicotine in Wellington 1 stated that about 90 per cent, of the ships' cargoes at Hull went overside into river craft, j ami . owing lo the continual improve-i incuts taking place in water transit this state of things is likely to continue. Tlio only cargo likely to benefit tlio Hull railways is refrigerated produce, and as our facilities aro eminently suitably as regards minimum of handling, and at tlio saino time the average charge from cxship Hull docks to 78 towns in the'northern and midland counties of England is 30s. lid. per ton lower than the average charge from London, I fail to see the reason for' Mr. Jones's remarks. At any rate, if it is n crime for English railways to seek for new business, I can say at onco wo plead guilty, arid I can assure the Wellington Chamber of Commerce wo shall confinuo our efforts in this direction. Tlio object which I am here to promo to is increased trade with England, via tho Port of Hull, and I contend it is far more important to Now Zealand that sho should trado more and more with tho Mother Country than with foreign • nations. ' If this object does not appeal to your Chamber of Commerce, I should lilto to know what would interest them, and what aro their aims and aspirations as a chamber.—! am, etc., AUSTIN WILSON, Special Trade. Comnrisionc-r for tho ' Port of of Hull. Dunodin, December 5.