SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE
BUSINESS MEN COX FED
SHIPPING SUGGESTIONS’
DUNEDIN Oct. 23 A conference of South Island shipping interests, representing Chambers of Commerce, importers, exporters and producers, was held to-day to discuss nays and means of improViiur the services of the South Island, overseas and coastal. Representatives were prevent from Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Invercargill, and Dunedin. It was pointed out that importers and exporters suffered' tbromdi uiiastisfrx-tory shipping facilities ° Ihe follou mg motions were car ivied : ■ *: -
Ibat in the interests of producers aiid consumers, exports should be loaded at tlic nearest deep-water berth directly into an overseas steamer; imports landed from the United Kingdom at the deep . water port nearest the consumer. 1
That a definite time-table should be prepared for steamers leaving the united Kingdom, carrying cargo s'ololy ior South Island ports such timetable to be based on a population basis.for the provinces named That a regular time-table for vessels should bo arranged to lift- produce Horn the South BKTnd norts direct for the United Kingdom’. pA.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9844, 24 October 1924, Page 2
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168SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9844, 24 October 1924, Page 2
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