SHIPPING PRODUCE TO MANCHESTER.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1922, Page 4

SHIPPING PRODUCE TO MANCHESTER.

The question of direct shipments of a part of the Dominion’s produce to Manchester instead of dumping the whole of it in London is a matter of some importance to the producers. Although the circumstances are vastly different from the claim of Taranaki for direct imports, yet the principle is the same. Manchester is the centre of a vast manufacturing district containing a very large population, and is in direct transport touch with other large manufacturing districts, so that as a factor in the economical aspect of British life there is much to be said in favor of the scheme, in support of which a company has been formed, with a capital of £50.000, wherewith to finance direct shipments. A feature of this project is the opportunity it offers for the direct despatch to Dominion ports of those imports which largely emanate from the manufacturing districts of Britain. The prospect of return cargoes is certainly likely to have an effect in reducing freights, so that the Dominion producers might possibly obtain a slightly higher price for their commodities, besides reducing the cost of transport. The mater is' one, of organisation at both ends, and it would seem that every avenue should be explored that is likely to .be of benefit to the primary producers and to the Dominion generally. Certainly the people in the Midlands and northern portion of Britain have a right to be studied if trade there can be made to pay, especially if thereby congestion of produce and /unloading delays can be avoided.