SHIPPING DELAYS AFFECT FRUIT CARGOES
WELLINGTON, Aug. 14. One shipment of fruit he knew of had gone back and forth across Cook Strait until, in the finish, "it had grown whiskers," said Mr. H. J. Chignell, Nelson, at the- annual conference of the New Zealand Fruitgrowers' F ederation in Wellington, yesterday. Mr. Chignell was referring to the serious effect on fruit cargoes of shipping delays, which he understood were mainly attributable to hold-ups in the discharge of vessels. At Mapua, he stated, growers made every effort to assist in loading v.essels to facilita-te dispatch, despite their preoccupation with seasonal activities. On one occasion, but using all the available men, a .cargo had been loaded in five and a half hours. Discharge in Wellington had taken four to five days, he said.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 August 1947, Page 5
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