Goldfields.

End of Freight War on N. G.

From Our Own Correspondent.

WAU, July 2.

AFTER the recent freight war, the aerial transport companies are ap parently agreed that there is a liv ing for all, and it does not pay even for the big companies to try to smother the small man, with the result that freights have again settled down at 5d. per lb.

Before the arguments on freights, the price was 6d. per lb. As usual, 1d. re bate is given for cash.

The mail contract was recently ob tained by Pacific Aerial Transport, and this company has now been successful in obtaining the Administration con tract for freighting goods from the coast. The company has a Fokker, a Junker, and a Moth at present in opera tion, and a D.H. machine will be in the air within the next week. The D.H. has just been rebuilt and has a Siddeley “Puma” water-cooled engine.