SHIPPING PRODUCE.
A PROTEST FROM TIMARU. ii?or Press Association.! Timaru, May 7. The Hon. T. Buxton has communicated with the Prime Minister, asking him to do something to relieve the shortage of bottoms for the transport of gram. Mr. Mackenzie has replied that he will ascertain what the local shipping firms are prepared to do, and then consider the matter. Mr. Buxton states that on a previous occasion of the kind. Sir Joseph Ward sent information of the shortage abroad, and tramp steamers came. The steamers now in the trade give preference to wool and mutton, and tne grain is piling up while the London market is good. Regarding tin export of potatoes to Australia, im. Buxton said that a certificate of inspection of shipment can be got by appointing inspectors, but a certificate, unless the land where the potatoes were grown has been free from disease for twelve Months, is practically impossible. This, however, should not !>e insisted on, as there was much disease in Australia.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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167SHIPPING PRODUCE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9, 8 May 1912, Page 5
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