American Ships Shun N.Z.'s Slow Ports
SAN FRANCISCO, Ma j 7. Beginning with the sailing of the steamer Sierra from San Fraiicisco about June 7 and from Los Angeles about June 10, the Oceanic Steamship Company's freiglitera will omit ealls at New Zealand porta until further notiee. 5 The viee-president of the company, Mr. F. Cfopley, announeed this today. He said : ' ' The eongestion, labour shortage and general slow working conditions at New Zealand ports have gradually grown to a point in the last few months where , extreme delays have' been "expei'Iehced. It is impossible to eontinue the New! .Zealand call and still .niaint'ain a regular schedule between tlie. U nitecl States and Australia. These unfortunate circumstamees may be alleviatod, If so, we shall re^on6ider the situation. " Under the new'schedule the fonr Oceanic freigliters on the run will call at Pago Pago and Suva and then sail direet to Australia.
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Chronicle (Levin), 10 May 1948, Page 3
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