HANDLING OF GRAIN.
'•'HOPELESSLY LVASEQUATE." Tim American export brought) out by tlio New- South Wales Government to investigate' methods- of liaiidlmg • grain (has-doc-liired that'Austraiia is hopelessly antiquated in its wheat transport methHo recommends bulk handling. If his advice is followed, a huge) elevator" will bo erected at Darling Harbour, Sydney, and 1000 special box trucks, capable of carrying 40 to .'SO tons of wheat, installed. At present, it costs j'4d. a bushel to handle wheat. The j modern system would cost Jd. Such a ;great saving would,be cheap at.the cost of largo capital expenditure, but all tliat the installation of elevator.-, and trucks (would cost would he £500,000. • The saving the first year would be £437,000, .'•while the added valuo given to tho grain ,'ljy tho elev.-ioi- svstcm would bring that ito' over £500,000.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1852, 11 September 1913, Page 10
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134HANDLING OF GRAIN. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1852, 11 September 1913, Page 10
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