THE WHARF WOOL SHEDS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1624, 16 December 1912, Page 6

THE WHARF WOOL SHEDS.

* THEIR CONGESTED STATE. ' Referring to the statement published in Saturday's Dominion, made by Kr. A.V.. Hale-Monro, wharfinger of the Harbour Board, in regard to the congested state of the wool sheds on Wellington wharves, another prominent shipping manager told a reporter on Saturday that he did not agree with Mr. Monro. "In the first place," said our informant," if the ships were at Wellington ready to tako the wool away, they could Dot get it until Thursday, December 19— prompt day. That is the day on which the December 6ale wool is to be released. Further, I contend that while the Harbour Board deals with wool for delivery to town, there will always be trouble. The Railway Department should deliver their wool to the brokers, and should not use the Harbour Hoard's sheds, but should have accommodation of their own. Iho Harbour Board must have known about ■Hie December sal* wool coming in, and apparently they were not ready for it. .Personally,.l.think that the accommodation is not adequate, in spite of what Mr. ■Monro has said.- If the Harbour Board is going to provide for all wool coming into'Wellington,-then, in my. opinion, more accommodation is necessary. This, on the' face of things, is most essential. The shipping manager in question went on to refer at some length to what ho termed • the ''standing-still policy of the ■ -"For instance," he said, "take the various shipping companies trading here of recent' years.''' They' have ' been building .bigger'and'better ships to cope with the increase of trade. What has the Harbour Board been doing in this direction? Why, nothing? . Instead of spending money on such things as ferry offices and the staging from Jervois Quay wharf to Taranaki Street wharf, I contend that mora accommodation should bo built. Where is tlie Harbour Board going to be when the estimated 25,000 bales of the January solo'comes in, if they arc stuck up now?" On tho above being referred to Mr. 'Monro, ho replied, "Tho fact that there are empty berths at the export wharves to fill at the present time, and tAs sheds being full of wool cargo ready for shipment needs no further comment from