PORT OF BRISTOL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1959, 16 January 1914, Page 10

PORT OF BRISTOL.

V THE ASSOCIATION'S SCHEME. A meeting of the Board of the Bristol and Dominions Producers' Association was held in Christehurch this week. Mr.. W. D; Lysnar, managing, director of the company in. New Zealand, who returned from ' Christehurch to Wellington yesterday, stated' to a Dominion reporter that* in view of the good prospects of tho market tho association, with tho approval of tho management in Bristol, wero now 'able-to;'offer to farmers • advances against'shipments of meat, which would be nboiit cqunl to what they could get for their'-stoik,'in this country. (Particulars of tho. terni3 on which advances can be obtained;are advertised .in this issue.) ■ It had..been decided. to' advance amounts equivalent to 65 per cent, of tho value of shipments in England, calculated on tho prices quoted in tho-last preceding cablegram from the High Commissioner in-London. He added that the prospects of tho market were so good that ho would advise farmers to bo very careful before deciding to sell in this country. • .-;'•' lA's.'a result of representations made on bcTialf of the association recently, the Bristol Dock Authority had provided moro refrigerated storage- space at-tho Now Zealand berth, to increase the additional cold storage capacity by 20,000 carcasses.' -Advice had! been received also, said-Mr. Lysnar, that the Bristol Dock Authority had obtained the sanction of tho City Council to go on with a scheme which would 'make space for 400,000 carcasses more than, could now be stored. This would enable tho Dock Authority to copo with inoreasiiiK business, and would nut bevofid all doubt the adequacy of the cold storago space at the port. Through lack of shipping space for the West of England, tho association had been compelled to send somo produce to London this season, but now a start was being made with direct shipments to Bristol. r The association, .had loaded on to tho Kaipara between 13,000 and 14,000 carcasses of meat. from.Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, and Wellington. Shipments had been ready-in other ports, but owing to.the shortage of coal caused by tlio strike, the shipping company could not send the boat rbiiml; and although the Kaipara had ..left Gisborho: only last .Saturday, there we're carcasses there ready for .the next boat. All through the Dominion the prospects wero encouraging,. but at the moment ho iMist..a'dmit that many farmers, while sympathetic with the movement, were being tempted to _ accept the higher cash prices, offering. Butter and cheese had, however, been shut out of tlio Kaipara. More meat could have been taken, but the space was being filled by other shippers. The Sussex was loadins at.!present in.; War nganui,' and another boat , for Avo)imoiith would be ready by the end of themonth. .; .'. •■■ ; . ' It's" easy cnoufjfl.- to make.'money when you know how—and ' it's easy enough .to mako better cheese when you have "Victor" Vats in the factory. If you're, after ■ best cheese and more money investigate "Victor" Yat claims. The sloping bottom, centre drainage, and sound construction make the "Victor" tho most efficient and reliabie vat yet made. "Victor" par'ticulars. from; Albert' J. Parton, Plumber,' Carterton.—Advt.