SHIPS FOR MEAT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2353, 8 January 1915, Page 7

SHIPS FOR MEAT

ACTION. OF- THE GOVERNMENT. The Prime Minister made a statement yesterday whidi will probably be his. final statement in the controversy that has been going on for 'the past day or two . as to . whether the Government have been active enough in securing steamers for the carriage of our frozen produce. ! Asked whether he had any more to say on the subject Mr. .Massey replied: .'"No. The recent attack ' which, by the, way,, I am very strongly of opinion, was made for political purposes, and I am also of opinion that it came from a political • source, has given me 1 an opportunity of stating the correct position, and of showing that the Minkave left no stone unturned to. provide, a supply of insulated steamers to carry our frozen produce to the British markets, and that we have under difficult circumstances up to the present been successful in doing so. It is now .quite certain-that more than the usual number of such ships will be available for , January and for Februory. These ships arranged for are: The Otakr, Remuera, Waimate,. Kaikoura, Cprmthio, Waimana, Athenic, Mimiro Mnntai, j-nd Westmeath. In 'addition to all these, negotiations . are going on for two others, the names of which it is not at present necessary to mention. , ' , This is not a matter whioh has been taken up energetically. during the last few days, or -weeks, as has been suggested. As a matter of fact, I took the matter in hand last September, and it has f never been lost r sight of pnee then, either by myself or my colloagLW, or the oncers' who have assuted tls" ' WANGANUI'S POSITION. (By Telegmnh.—Press Association.) Wanganul, January 7. The torosident of the Wanganui Cham-. who is also a director Z ; 6 ,Wanganui Freezing Company, states that so far as his company is concerned three steamers will: during January take away 54,000 carcasses of mutton. This, he points out, is very different from 8000 which a Press Association message recently stated was "f/ 1111 ! 18 inota in January owing to dearth of meat boats.