OVERSEAS FREIGHTS.
A reply to the complaint made by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce on February 7, concerning the nonreduction in freight rates from New Zealand to Great Britain, has been received by the Chamber from the Acting-Prime Minister^ Sir James Allen states that he had communicated with the High Commissioned, Sir Thomas Mackenzie, on the matter, and had received the reply that there was "no connection "Between outward and homeward freight, governing conditions not being on a comparable basis. "I have been in communication with several steamship companies," the igh Commissioner states, "and find that no further reduction in freights from New Zealand to the Fnitcd Kingdom is contemplated.',' He adds that as liner tonnage was at present being released from requisition, the adjustment of commercial rates of freights was a matter outside the scope of the Ministry of Shipping.
The High Commissioner stated, however, that he would approach various steamship companies regarding hemp freights
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Taihape Daily Times, 22 March 1919, Page 3
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156OVERSEAS FREIGHTS. Taihape Daily Times, 22 March 1919, Page 3
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