SHIPS ACCUMULATE AT AUCKLAND.
. — Press Association
By Telegraph
AUCKLAND, Dee. 9. With the arrival from New Orleans of Ihe British steamer Gomliebauk more tlian .125,000 'gross tons of overseas and large inter-colonial and coastal shipping will have aecumulated at Auckland. The Oontliebank wilJ join the inotorsliip Hydney Htar at ancliorage in the streani and neither ship is likely to berth until lat.er in the week Tlie seeond week of the 40 hour waiterfront week is resulting in continued port congestion. Although the intcrvals between the arrivals and the diversion of one ship at the weekend have kept' the number of ships at anchoi down to oue or two, there will be 13 overseas ships of a gross tonnage of 1 nearly 109,000 in port tomorrow.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 December 1946, Page 5
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