LACK OF INSULATED SHIPS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 150, 20 March 1919, Page 8

LACK OF INSULATED SHIPS

•FREEZEK BUYEUS CEASING OPER- : ATIONS.: By Telegraph —Press Association. , Christchurch, March 19. A unique position aroso at the ltangiora in-'.'ket yesterday in connection with tho • sa e of fat lambs and the larger line of tat sheep. Iho yarding was the largest of tho season, and some consternation w.is caused when it was found that •"• 1 7 lS i lvere , llmler infractions their heads not to operate. iVr. liemiett, general malinger of the JNew Zealand shipping Compnnv, in tho X'-fV ° l ., an .. inte ''view, stated'tlmt tlie D.re»eut situation was due to the insuflioiency in the number of insulated ships, !5, i- not *' nn k 'here was anv i'm- !, la ' ;e prospect of an improvement, at ..all events for a month or so. The only lm.'nV U '- n mt Hl ° *7 ew Zeilli » n d Governthrtritif" r )ei ' S i U tl !° Tm P e ™ 1 nil " tndntifo to divert some insulated steamnwclose at 'hand. , - e I V' 1 '- al ' molli frozen meat and' frozen dairy produce in 'New Zealand than in Australia, and the diverting of shiiis had bc-en urged by the Overseas Committec m Wellington, „nd also by jue Ae..- Zealand Government. The pre•■ent position .was that in a few weeks . more, than half the freezing works in the ■ Dominioi. would be closed down for want of space, and the result would be verv depressing on the market, as freezing buyers could not operate unless there was somifcfreowng space. As for the freexing companies, the committee controlling' smpments worked' on ; the principle of spnee where 'stores veie f ill.- were in accordance flitli instructions. .-•■•• ■ •... THE - POSITION' IN AUCKLAND; ■Bj lelejrapli.—Proßs Association . Auckland, March 19. ••/j.-?® WS«|9n,in. -regard to cool storage .in Auckland is not as serious as reported ' i l ' ? was state(l to " tlnv that . .a „ood allotment ot space is in prospect i-"?®. 4011 , llerc - Should tho . antii.pated rehef not arrive during the • s ' ,h° H ' ever . the freezing stores will. have, to refuse further pro- ■ ton'mie stock sales are'not appreeiab,y affected, as has been the ease fit iiangiora.