Reduction in Freights on Wool.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 283, 5 June 1897, Page 2

Reduction in Freights on Wool.

At Mr Charles Carr's Feildiug sale yesterday advantage was taken of the large attendance of settleia to secure tbo signahires of those willing to guarantee to send their wool Home by the shipping company who consented to carry at a reduced rate of freight to that now in ex'atencs. A movement has , been recently started in Chtistcburch and Wellington having for its objtct the coml i>iation of producers of frozen meat aud wool to secure a reduction in the freights, and for this purpose central I committees have scut ovt circulars to j ascertain what number of farmers would guarantee to ship by tbe company who granted tho concessiou required and tbe quantity of wool they would forward, j Mr George Wheoler bad charge of tbe document on bebalf of the Wellington committee and during the afternoon [ secured tbe signatures of settlers who \ guaranteed to ship about 2500 bales of ' wool. |We are indebted to the courtesy ' of Mr H- W. Davy, local manager for the United Farmers' Co-operative Asso- ' ciatiou for the information that Mr Cohen, the Palmerston manager, rei ceived word by telegram from Christchurch this morning that tho Co-opera- ; tive conference bad succeeded in securing a reduction of wool freights both by 1 steamers and by sailing vessels.]