COMMONWEALTH SHIPPING LINE
: ♦ REFUSAL TO INCREASE FREIGHTS. Melbourne, September 15. Speaking in the Federal House of Representatives, Mr. W. M. Hughes stated that tho British Shipping Combine had jmsuccsstsilulliy /endeavoured to induce the Commonwealth line to increaso its freights l . As tho combine's freights were not increased, it was assumed that the Commonwealth's refusal to raise its rates, prevented the British increaso.
Ow'inp; to. the industrial troubles in Italy, Australian mail boats will call at Toulon instead of Naples, to facilitate tho passage of English mails.—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 303, 16 September 1920, Page 5
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87COMMONWEALTH SHIPPING LINE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 303, 16 September 1920, Page 5
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