CUT IN FREIGHTS.
COMPETITION OF FOREIGNERS. SAILING SHIPS CHEAPER. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received June 28, 11.30 p.m. Melbourne, June 28. Six sailing ships loading at European ports are causing oversea steamship owners concern, as being mainly foreign owned and manned by seamen paid considerably less than Australian and British rates, they are loading cargoes at rates much below those fixed for steamers. Shippers are paying £lO,OOO in freight to London, whereas under the rates fixed for steamer freights they would have to pay £lv,ooo. The sailers are being rushed by shippers.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 June 1922, Page 5
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91CUT IN FREIGHTS. Taranaki Daily News, 29 June 1922, Page 5
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