DEARTH OF TONNAGE
MANY MORE SHIPS IN JUNE. =
The Hon. D. H. Guthrie, Minister in Charge of the Imperial Supplies Department, cabled‘to Mr Massey some time, ago as to tlid.'Tfrgeht'need for more insulated shipping for New Zealand. There were, he informed the Trime Minister, 6,300,000 carcases of meat in store, ,foiv, .which space ; hod not been provided up to the end of May, and the ships in sight for June could lift only 600,000 carcases. -'He; asked Mr Massey, therefore, to dm-• press upon the British Government ■ tho absolute necessity for New ZealgntJ,., having not fewer than fourteen insu-. latcd steamers per month for at .least five months ahead. Yesterday „ tho. Minister received a cable.., from. . Mr Massey stating that .many, ..more > ships-. are to he provided. for- June loading. The following vessels will load in New Zealand in June: —Arnwa, Armagh, Haranga, Kin Ora, Whakatane, CarSentaria, Paparonpßimutaka, Pnkeha, ‘even, Remuera,'Suffolk, Shropshire and Orari—a total of foiirte'pn ships for one month, at"‘any rate. Mr Massey ■added that ofpng.,to delays and labour troubles, the Mahana, Essex, and Waimana, which had been allocated for Juno loading, would fall . back into July.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10287, 23 May 1919, Page 5
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189DEARTH OF TONNAGE New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10287, 23 May 1919, Page 5
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