A LOST CONNECTION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 936, 1 October 1910, Page 4

A LOST CONNECTION.

TWO THOUSAND CASES OF ORANGES SUFFER. ■ "Isn't it a -shame to see fruit ift such a condition 1""- The remark was made by one of. the fruit merchants yesterday- in the markets, which were nalf-lilled with cases of rotting orange# from* Rarotonga. It did seem a pity to.see such.a quantity of luscious fruit of the highest quality going to waste solely -through lack' of adequate con- . ■ - nection. The Navua, which was due at ; Auckland on night or Friday ■ ; morning, did.not arrive .there until 4.30 p.m. ,on Saturday, and -so missed the !SaMrday's : boat> for Gisborne, Napier, and Wellington. - ■ Because of that the ; fruit had to wait .in Auckland from the S*aturday; until Tuesday,, when-, it : - -was 1 picked up by thA Monowai, which • arrived here yesterday morning—nearly ~. :> a'week after its arrival in. New Zea-, land. As the boats rrm tho delay ap- - . pears to have been unavoidable—it was simply owing to the Navua being a day late. ■ ■ The lops must be, enormous .to the shippers, as the 2000 odd cases of oranges,'which in good condition would. • ■ realise' from 12s. to 15s. per. case, weta - ; i Sold at from 2s. to 7s. per case. ; ; s