AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
(Per Press Association. l Mklkourne, Ppc 8. Fcllo'.vinst the example o? the t-eameu, cnul lumpers are demanding an increase ot w:ifjt*.>", nnil havo re ([nested a conference I wirh ihcir employers. The Arjius say* un unwelcome development is oecurin*; in connection with trade between Nuu' Zealand nnd West Australia. The Union Company aro currying produce from New Ze*hnd !0 Sydney ati lower i-:ites than in Melbourne while lines iriding from Sydney and Melbourne to West Australia are charging the same rates from bnh portn and tho result is produce c*n hv. exported from New Zealand to West Australia more cheaply via Sydney than by Melbourne, and the latter is thus losing both trade ami Mercantile prestige.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 137, 9 December 1896, Page 2
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118AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 137, 9 December 1896, Page 2
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