AUCKLAND’S PLEA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 803, 25 October 1929, Page 9

AUCKLAND’S PLEA

IMPROVED STEAMER SERVICE TO MELBOURNE MERCHANTS’ APPEAL frequ *nt Un! 0 b n U s":,m a st "<* ”"e beappreached shortly "by* dep u ° ta t,o n from the Auckland Merchants Association, according to a statement to the Chamber of Commerce Council yesterday. „' as dis ? , osed when the „ '2“"JL 1 , d i? c ' uased tho outcome of f’nnn S |tlL tat lf r l S for better transJV °‘ tl . les between this port and the \ ictorlan capita]. *‘ lr * W \ Pk - Kllingham stated that ,h. Merchants’ Association had disi ussed the situation, and wanted a better service with Melbourne. lie pointed out that frequently cargo from .Melbourne reached here through Southrr" P? r i K ; a "'l at other times consign- ‘ r ! ' h , ls po , rt "ere discharged ah awkward situation was ereated "hero cargo from Adelaide had to come through Melbourne. Southern ports were well catered for, but not so the north. Remarking that, the Government was vic b e i Mn in m e ,s- M . elbOUrne - BI “i* a «>’- , ’, . ’ . •' • ''fibster suggested that tue Shipping company should ho urged to dispatch the steamer alternately to Auckland and the Bluff. This idea dicl not appeal to memlii i s. however, it being remarked that the proposal was not likely to receive any support from tho South Island which believed that the Xorth had tod much already. I Jio reason that more business was not transacted between Auckland and .Melbourne was the irregularity of the steamer service, said Mr. Stewart He believed that trade would be substanualiy increased if better facilities were pio'ided. There was no cojnmunication between this port and the Vicmrian capital beyond a cargo steamer ■which came here direct. Iho council decided to defer furliicr consideration until representaS « •'\^ re made ky the Alerchants’