ACCUMULATED CARGOES
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.WELLTNGTOX", 'Aujuft; 1* The difficulty of lno'ving aeCuinuTated coastwise cargo, was fully appreciated and the accumulation in .Soutli Island ports Avas largely due to prioritv given the shix>ment of fodder to drought areas iu the Xorth Island, said Hon. D. G. Sullivan, iu the House today, answering au urgent question b.v j\fr. J,. T. Watts (Riccarton) who said Lyttelton had not been receiving its shaie o coastal shiiipiiig in recent months. The Minister said that of the total cargo shippcd from Dunedin, Oamaru, Timaru and Lyttelton to Auckland since March 1, Lyttelton received 35 xier cent of space. Another vessel was due at Lyttelton tomorrow to load 3500 tons of general cargo and manufactured goods for Auckland, while two further vessels would load at Lyttelton and Timaru during the first lialf of August and would take a further 20,000 tons to Auckland.
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 August 1946, Page 5
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153ACCUMULATED CARGOES Chronicle (Levin), 2 August 1946, Page 5
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