TASMAN CARGO
CARRIAGE IN AMERICAN SHIPS. QUESTION TO BE CONSIDERED. ißy Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND. January 7. A promise that he would arrange for consideration to be given to the question of permitting the Matson Line to carry cargo from Australia to NewZealand has been made by the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, in a letter to Mr Coates. M.P. The letter was in replv to representations made bv Mr Coates on behalf of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, Mr Fraser then pptAnised to communicate again with Mr Coates on the subject immediately he was in a position to do so.
In reply to representations on the subject made direct to him bv the chamber, the Minister of Customs. Mr Nash, pointed out, referring to a contention that the delay in arranging shipments from Sydney was compelling tea importers to purchase higher-grade varieties of tea than would otherwise be the case, that inquiries indicated that this experience was not general. The suggestion that arrangements should be made for Matson Line vessels to accept cargo between New Zealand and other British ports had been noted.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 January 1941, Page 4
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