PROFITEERING CHARGES.
MR. HUGHES INDIttNAFJ London, April 2 Mr W. M Hughes is indignant at the statement of Mr. Burton, South African Minister, thai the Australian Government was guilty oi profiteering, and charged double freight ou 'Wheat in other than British ships Mr. Hughes 1 reply i; that the statement is without foundation The Commonwealth lines rates were slightly over half th« neutral rates, and identical with rates on the requisitioned liners
The Commonwealth Line further benefited the producer::, including South Africa, by keeping the general rate considerably below the world's parity.— Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 April 1919, Page 6
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95PROFITEERING CHARGES. Taranaki Daily News, 14 April 1919, Page 6
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