SHIPPING RATES.
REDUCTION EXPECTED SOON. London, March 25. The secretary of the Australasian Merohants' Association, interviewed, said that, provided the rates were reasonable, lnerchfantß would prefer a steady system of freights. The conference had hitherto maintained this, and offered all the tonnage required. Merchants ttere urging a reduction of the present high rates, which was expected during the nex't few months. They preferred a natural gradual reduction, which would cause the minimum of interference. Any rate cutting would seriously damage the Australasian trade with the United Kingdom.—Auw.-N.Z. Cable Assn,
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1919, Page 2
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89SHIPPING RATES. Taranaki Daily News, 2 April 1919, Page 2
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