MORE SHIPS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 97, 25 April 1916, Page 6

MORE SHIPS.

PROVISION FOR MAY. BEEF, MUTTON, AND CHEESE. The Prime Minister recently has been in communication with the Imperial authorities in regard to the provison of additional carrying steamers for the month of May. Mr. Massey on Wednesday received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner; —“/With reference to my telegram of April 12, on the subject of insulated tonnage, in consequence of the representations referred to, the Admiralty has released two insulated steamers for the conveyance of Australian wheat, and it is fully expected that several Australian transports will be sent to New Zealand to load frozen meat in May. Particulars will be telegraphed to the Tonnage Committee at Wellington from Sydney. The Board of Trade requests that in loading any such transports you will give priority, firstly, to beef, and, secondly, to mutton as they are required for the troops.”

' Referring to this cablegram the Prime Minister explained that the instruction as to giving preference to beef and mutton in loading transports did not mean that cheese would not continue to receive favourable treatment in ordinary loading. There were special reasons why cheese, which usually had second preference, had to give place to mutton in connection with these particular ships.