DIRECT SHIPPING.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1920, Page 4

DIRECT SHIPPING.

1 ' -" ■ 1 ENGLAND TO TARANAKI. ; ANOTHER STEP TAKEN. For some time past the Taranaki • Chamber of Commerce has been moving in the direction of instituting a direct ' shipping service between England and ' / Moturoa, and the Maraari is due here 'I with a cargo of 1500 tons about the middle of tiie present month, and it is , hoped this will be the forerunner of a \ regular service. With this end in view the Chamber . lias been active of late in organising the . importers of the province to, arrange [ for their requirements to come by the direct boats once the service is begun, and the cordial support given by the i whole of the province to the proposal ; baa moved the Chamber to take the ;! next step, which is to get into touch I j with the representatives of the shipping ( companiej with a view to arranging for . a regular :hree-monthly service. At a meeting of the council of the Chamber yesterday afternoon this action was decided upon. The occasion of the '. arrival of the Mamari is to be marked I j by a luncheon, to which representatives II of the various Taranaki Chambers will :.j be invited. Representatives of the ship- •; ping companies will also be invited, and , • a deputation representative of the whole ~ of the producing and commercial inter--1 ests of the province will then wait upon i i them in regard to the matter. It is hoped arrangements can be made , for ihi first steamer to leave in about , three months time, so as to give im- , porterj n<, opportunity of getting into communication with tlteir London agente and buyers, and thereby arrange for , their goods to come by the direct i steamer. . The council also decided to make representations to the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce, with a view to cooperating with Taranaki in securing I regular direct shipments through Motu- ] roa, and to offer to send down a deputai tion to discuss details with it.