VANCOUVER TRADE.
The Prime Minister is deserving of the thanks of those engaged in the dairy industry for the interest he is manifesting in the trade with Vancouver. He has succeeded in gaining some important concessions from the Union Steamship Company, and has made representations which may ultimately lead to a reduction in freights. In the meantime, it is interesting to learn from the Union Company that the primary producers have to pay the price of the industrial laws of the Dominion. The Union Company's boats have to sail under New Zealand conditions as to pay, etc. Hence, they are compelled to make bigger freight charges than Home liners. It may be'somewhat remarkable that the cost of shipping butter to Vancouver is 4s 8d per box, while the cost of shipping to London is only 2s 6d. It must be borne in mind, however, that apart frolm the different conditions as to wages', the trade between New Zealand and Vancouver is comparatively small compared with that between the Dominion and Great Britain. As trade increases, there is ©very reason to hope that the freight charges will come down.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 22 September 1913, Page 4
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188VANCOUVER TRADE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 22 September 1913, Page 4
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