MORE SHIPS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 203, 22 May 1919, Page 4

MORE SHIPS

GOOD NEWS FOE GROWERS.

As almost every farmer knows, the prevalence of drought conditions, to-' getlier with a lack of shipping lor tlio relief of congestion 111 tho freezing works,.which afford the only-avenues for the disposal by the farmer of fat stock from his pastures, lias had an unsteady" ing effect on tiie stock market. Prices have fallen heavily 111 all but favoured districts. Tlio rams must have tome effect in steadying the market, and along with the welcome rains comes goud news of the. early arrival of considerable numbers of ships for loading- oti this coast. ]u view of the condition -of things prevailing some days ago the Ministor in Charge of Imperial Supplies (the Hon. D. H. Guthrie) cabled to Mr. Massey impressing on him tlio urgent necessity oi' getting more shipping for New Zealaud Tho information he' supplied was to the effect that there were in the stores 6,300,000 carcasses of meat, for which space had not been provided u)J till tho end of May, and that the ships in sigjht for June loading would be. able to lift only 600,000 carcasses. What Mr. Guthrie asked was that 'Mr. Massey should impress upon the Imperial authorities that it was absolutely necessary that Now Zealand should hav o shipping at tho rate of not fewer than fourteen insulated steamers per mouth for at least five months ahead. Mr. Guthrie has received most welcome news from Mr. Massey to tho effect that many more, ships are to be provided for Juno loading. ■ . The hews now is that the following vessels will load in New Zealand in June:—Arawa, ulrmagh, Raranga, lua Ora, Whakatane, Carpentaria, l'aparoa, Riniutaka, Pakelm. Devon, Remuern, Suffolk, Shropshire, and Ornri—a total of fourteen ships for one month at any rate. In hie cablegram Mr. Massey states that owing to delays and labour troubles the Mnhnna, Lssex, and Waimaiia, which had bean allocated for June loading, would fall back into July.