Dairy produce—butter, eggs, poultry, game, etc. —is about to be sent direct to England under the Russian flag, but in British built and British-owned vessels. Such, in brief, is the arrangement made with Messrs Wilson, of Hull, three of whose fast steamers have been chartered for the purpose. They have been re-christened with Muscovite names, and they will be manned by Russians, so as to secure port facilities in Russian te - ntory, but they are nevertheless, it is said, to remain the property of their Hull owners. Each steamer is fitted up with refrigerating apparatus for the better carriage of the produce in question, which will be taken on j board at Riga. To this port a through pro- | duce train will be run every week from | Siberia, in connection with the steamers. 1 Leaving Riga each Saturday, the vessels will reach London on the following Tuesday. This will be the summer arrangement. In winter, when Riga is blocked by ice, the service will be between Windau sad London.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 195, 24 August 1901, Page 3
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