BILLS OF LADING
AN IMPORTERS' GRIEVANCE. The unsatisfactory terms of tho contract in the bill of lading in general use iu the New Zealand trade are referred to as follows in the aiinunl report of. tho Wellington Chamber of Commerce:—
"It is felt by the commercial community that, with the high rates of freight which have been I tiling, limitation of liability of shipping companies to £5 per cubic foot has been too little, in view of tho fact that the general increase in prices of commodities has re , suited in goods of everyday use which in pre-war times would come well within this limitation of value, now being invariably of greater value. The position is even worse in connection with goods shipped in the United States of America on railway through bills of lading wherein tho limitation of liability is one hundred dollars for any ono package. "It is realised that possibly very little can bo done in New Zealand regarding improving bills of lading conditions under whioh goods are carried as, in the case of all our imports, the contract of carriage is not made in New Zealand, and New Zealand legislation does not'*f« feet such contracts."
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 194, 12 May 1919, Page 4
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199BILLS OF LADING Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 194, 12 May 1919, Page 4
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