THE GRAIN CARRIERS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13427, 20 May 1909, Page 9

THE GRAIN CARRIERS.

BIG CARGOES BKI.W LOADED.

The export of cram, from the South Id.md to the Cm'.«l Kingdom promi«p* to he unusually heavy -h:s yesr. m etidition lo the l»r S o "pr-rceiß , " v.-hich are lii-iir "loaded by the direct hr.rre, a number of ve*<;-ls are "being chartered spe«a:!v '<> 'rid "rain, and two cf thorn are already on tl.t .oading , berth. i'lPtcrdwy Rfterr.oon the Scales Lino sttaiuer C:'«n Grant left LytVitcn for rnnuru mil Bluff to coiiip'.p'.e f-;>; A-.on-Mouth and Gia?gow. Whi'c at this port, t!io Cian Grant badeil li.lOS savks «,: jirn.n, •r.-ac uy es folloAS:—Fcr Avo::mouth : .<i'->0 • :\,k? of wheal; for 3135 fac.<; ot 0:119. !275:? sacks of whc.r. and 160 sacks of At Timani the aicanKT. which is of t!ip turrct-detk wilh enormous carryin- capacity, will" iosd about :.O 000 packs of wiicjt ici Avoninouth. and at the Biuff she win fill up with another '20 WX) or :\o,vX> !nrk«. When she snil* finally from the Uaii'i for Avonmouth and the Cirn (Ira lit will bo carrying between CO.OCO r.no 70,U0i', 3acks of grain. Another "Scales liner" the Agarauthue. is oxpect'd to arrive at LyttiM'-n next from Sydney. She will loud about 30.01H) sv.i;* '.a »rain ut Lytteitoii. end will then r-nii-ecd to' Tiinaru to "fiil up" with a similar q;uiitity. Lt ia roporte*d that sli? w:i! be- followed by the Clan Leslie, nnothor tu;;el stcamex.

~'iiich wi'.l ioati at Lytteitou and Timuru, :u.d projxibly Bluff. Tiio Norwegian steanior Eisa, which ia unrler cluirter to Mossj» Fricdlr.ndL'r Bros., is a , , present loading , at Timuni, and 13 exP'otpd f<l arrive ut LyheUon to fill up for the United Kinsdom. It is reported tliut f.er from the two in>fts will tola! rj-)ii; 00,000 or 00,000 .-xicks" of pfrain. 'rii-p ■only sailing , ship chartered up to the jire-'fint is the barque AnneMoy. now nine fl;:ys out from Melbourne to Lyttelton. She load a full cargo nf wheat at this port, and will probably carry abenu 30,000 sack* to tho United Kingdom