REFRIGERATED SPACE.

Taihape Daily Times, 18 July 1919, Page 5

REFRIGERATED SPACE.

NE-W ZEALAND’S POSITION. IMPORTANT COMMUNICATIONS. WELLINGTON, July 17. Hon. Guthrie, Minister in Charge of Imperial Supplies, recently despa.tched ‘the folliowing cable to the High Commissioner re shipping space: ‘There are now in freezing stores throughout the Dominion approximately eight million froiglit earcases of meat, and the greatest congestion exists. Some stock still remains available for killing, and if additional relief is not forthcoming this must be reduced to store condition. The tonnage maile available up to the present time fol"Do.nliniOn requirements is not adequate. I shall be glad” if you will make representations to the Shipping Controller and point out the urgent necessity of reducing the amount of meat in store before next season ’s killings commence, otherwire the position must be disastrous to New Zelalaml’s interests

i The High COllH]llSSlOllCl‘, on July uléth, replied as follows:—I, have made representations to the Ministry of Shipping, and the ‘Board of Trade, urging substantial increase in tonnage ‘for New Zealand, and will continue to I press the matters. I «am informed New Zealand is receiving every consideraEiion, but that it. has been found impos- ‘ siblc to allocate more than 17,000 tons lof “refrigerated space ‘during August. , Not less than 30,000 tons will be lavailable in September, but no esti--5 mate can be given yet for later months. The above estimates may have he be "lll()(ilfiCd if ships are delayed. Hon. Guthrie said to-day that if any]thing like the number of ships prolmised come tovload here, New Zealand 1 would fare Well enough, but it was nee- ‘ esslary that the Government should con;tinue, as in the past, 'to keep the Imiperial authorities informed of the positiien here, and of the necessity for more ‘tonnage. If this were done he hoped the position in New Zealand would limprove. Delays till the ‘present. in ' shipping had been caused by strikes in ]:B¢l'itail!,.};li.b‘rtage of‘ penal,‘ and niy i fluenza.M ‘these’ troubles should not "reeu'r_.',hey‘ had the hope that we should lg(’g!t.‘,mor.c"_shipping and that the posiitionyin the meat industry \might. be ' eased. , T‘ _ I , , __.._.__.____ i 0 REPLY TO AUSTRALIAN } _ CRITICISM. I MELBOURNE, July 17. i Mr Manson, New Zealand -Trade Clommissioner, replying to allegations that New Zealand is getting more than a fair share of refrigerated ships to lift frozen meat cargoes for Britain, stated that he had received a cable from the New Zealand Grovernment to ithe effect that the Dominion is the y greatest sufferer in this direction. Now ‘ Zealand merchants have been complain- ! ing for months, past that ’Australia has ‘ been getting the lion "'5 share of insula- M ‘ ted"tonnage. '