PORT PATRONAGE
BUSINESS FIRM’S COMPLAINT. “AN IMPORTANT MATTER.”, A more equable treatment of Wellington in the matter of oversees shipping was urged in a letter from Messrs Van Staveren Bros., Ltd., to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. The excess of overseas steamers to Auckland was most marked. The arrivals in Wellington, of English and foreign shipping, from September Ist to November 14th, were 33. and expected arrivals till January 2nd were 25. Of this total of 58 vessels there were only six direct vessels with cargo for Wellington, five direct vessels, with passengers only, carrying cargo for other ports, three direct San Francisco mail steamers, and 41 vessels via Auckland, and two via the South. As Auckland had the same number of vessels via Vancouver as Wellington had from San Francisco this could be ruled out, but it seemed unfair to Wellington that six or seven times the number of vessels with cargo had Auckland as their first port of call.
The president (Mr J. It. Simpson) said that this was an important matter, and should be referred back for the investigation of the Importers and Shipping Committee, for report to the next meeting.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12619, 2 December 1926, Page 7
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194PORT PATRONAGE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12619, 2 December 1926, Page 7
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