FREIGHT REDUCTIONS
RATES TO NEW ZEALAND 60 PER CENT. LOWER, . (Rec. January 3i,11.35 p.m.) - - London;-January 29. Freights to all direct ports in Aus-' tralia and New:: Zealand are':—Fine measurement, £6 ss...psr. ton; rough measurement, £5; packed weight, £3 10s. j close''weight, MS These .rates commence with the-Benalla, which 'is liow loading for Australia, and the Reniuera, which is. about to load for New Zealand. The reduction aveVages about GO . per ■ cent, from the flat rate of -£7 15s. .to- • oently -ruling—Aus.-N.Z....Cable .Assn! ' ATLANTIC RATES REDUCED BY • -TWO-THIRDS. New York, January 28. ' The British Ministry of Shipping has announced'-"that-freight' rates on vessels free from, .Government-requisition have heen reduced-by 06! 2 ; 3 per cent, (that is, Ijy two-thirds) on shipments from Britain to the Uiiited States.' '" Washington has .announced.a similar reduction in freights from the United ■ States to. Britain.—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assh.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 109, 1 February 1919, Page 7
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139FREIGHT REDUCTIONS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 109, 1 February 1919, Page 7
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