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BUSINESS HAMPERED

SHIPPING COMPANY RESTRICTS OPERATIONS. Sydney, February G. Messrs. Burns,. Plulp, and Co. announce that as the result of tho Labour uwcst in Australia the company has. decided to build no further stearueis at pre?ent,:,but instead will endeavour to send island produce direct to Europe and America 'by chartered -essels, and to reduce its present island fleet. To attempt to create a transhipment depot in -Australia is now almost impossible under the existing conditions. There is also a danger of the substitution (f '.n-cign tonnage for the Eastern trade, as the Malay States urgently need frozen meat. The loss of this trade may be permanent—Press Assn.

PIANO MAKERS CLOSE FACTORY. London, February 4. Brainsmeads 'have closed their piano factory in London, lo the high cost of production. He principals informed the employees that they were carrying on at a heavy loss, and were employing twenty-six hands for each piano, compared with six before the war. They do not intend to recommence manufacture. This slate of affairs is due to the tendency of labour to force prices till it isr impossible to manufacture.- & us.N.Z. Cable Assn.

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 114, 7 February 1920, Page 7

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BUSINESS HAMPERED Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 114, 7 February 1920, Page 7

BUSINESS HAMPERED Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 114, 7 February 1920, Page 7

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