TRANSPORT OF WOOL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 355, 16 May 1928, Page 14

TRANSPORT OF WOOL

GREATER USE OF RAILWAYS IN CANTERBURY (Special to THE SUN) CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. During the last wool season in Canterbury the Railway Department carried 20,000 bales more than in the season of 1925. Many farmers have thanked Mr. Pawson, the business manager, for the way in which their produce has been handled, and there has been a great decrease in opposition road services, except in the Ashburton and Rangiora districts. 1

CANTERBURY POTATOES

NORTH ISLAND COMPLAINTS ANSWER FROM CHRISTCHURCH Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, To-day. Replying to a Dannevirke complaint of bad potatoes from the South Island, a Christchurch merchant said it was possible that the complaints made referred to potatoes shipped to the North Island in March and early in April. On account of the comparative failure of crops in the North Island the demand from there for Canterbury potatoes had set in much earlier .than usual. Usually large quantities were shipped in March and during this month it was difficult to get potatoes that would keep any length of time. It was admitted that during March and also perhaps in early April, Canerbury potatoes had arrived at North Island ports in bad condition. This was due to the fact that the'- potatoes were not sufficiently ripe.

LAMB FOR EXPORT

PRICES ON THE HOOKS The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board advises that the following prices were being offered for fat stock for export at May 14, 1928: Canterbury prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under, 11 5-8 d; 37 to 421 b, 10 7-8 d; 431 b and over, 10 3-8 d; second quality lambs, 10 5-Bd. Southland prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under, 11 l-8d; 37 to 421 b, 10 3-8 d; 431 b and over, 9£d; second quality lambs, 10 l-Bd. MINING NEWS KURAUNI.—The manager reports for the week ended May 12: “The crosscut from the intermediate level has been extended a further 10 feet for the week, making a total of 34 feet. The country has been much firmer for the last few feet but is still of a very good description for making gold. A rise has been started on the Ross Reef, a distance of 4 feet having been risen for the week. There has been no quartz broken from here yet, but the country is all that could be desired for making gold.” OCCIDENTAL UNA.—The manager reports for period ended May 12: “The crosscut at No. 5 level to intersect the Loyalty reef on the main flinty has been advanced 18 feet since starting. The country being passed through is of a good quality for making gold, and during the week we passed through three quartz stringers from one to three inches wide, carrying mineral and blend. Another 27 feet of driving will bring us vertically under the Loyalty reef at No. 4 level, according to plan. . No quartz has been broken from the stopes since the last report.”