TRANSHIPPED CARGO
A WANGANUI COMPLAINT.
Tn Answer to a comulaint from the Wane™ Clamber of Commerce about £«• $?m forwarding on W« ? g«nl c«y from Wellington, the council of the W«&n Chamber decided yesterday *> ehipments, with regard to which you state that there is less delay than in the case o goods shipped to Wellingoi to i)D forwarded to Wowraui. to™ ™£ hav« baeu times durmg tne past year when transhipments for outporU have been stored in Harbour j Board ,hod, ana, Ke^rS?-if|S plB n that tranftipmenb get pretermcc. $ shipment It is »to, 'ft 0 * Harbour Boavd m Wellington to effect demnce of transhipments as promptly aS linHon, the destination of Which w Wnugaiiui this is a matter upon which WunSairai merchants are. on an equal basis with local shippers, and the prorophtudo with which cargo is Forwarded wW depend to some extSKTupon the attention Sis paid to Wanganul shipment* by the agents handling the cargo here. It is common knowledge . ttat .there is not §o quantity of coastal shipping availably now that was engaged in tie> coesW trade prior to the war, and naturally this has had its effect in prompt shipment at tnnes. wawnul shippers will, of couree, have the railway B8 an alternative route, tut naturally would prefer the sea, freight from WeiHngton to Wonganui. lou quote, no epAac instances in your letter under replv, so that it is difficult fa[go into detai other than to state that the above fere the factor* which are operating at this port." ■■:-•
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 289, 31 August 1920, Page 5
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250TRANSHIPPED CARGO Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 289, 31 August 1920, Page 5
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