PRIVATE SHIPPING VENTURE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3393, 24 January 1920, Page 2

PRIVATE SHIPPING VENTURE.

GISBORNE FARMER.S'-’ STEAMER

ADMIRAL CODRINGTON ARRIVES‘

A milestone in c.on'.lectiou with the

fl'o.zen 1n0:~.t villdusl’ry in Nmv 7.!’-:ll'zlzw was marked by the a~.-x~~;v'al of the AdZmiral ‘Codrington yesterday. This vessel is the property of the Poxhrty Bay Farmers’ Meat Company, being ."a.cquirod.‘ s-opocially for the purpose or Ecdnvey-Eng its prodllcl‘-;< to thin English marke-ts. V The \'es.~:L-1, which was gbuilt and I‘(*gi‘stel‘c(i in England for a |G)'(‘.C:l~'. firm, iseonev of the few m=*l~chant vessels built in Great Britain (lul-3112 the war. ; The Admiral Codrington has 51 carrying capacity of 10,800 tons, zmd }:.a spoC‘iall_\' equipped for thte quick .handling of cargo. She is so dcsignect ;that little alteration will permit the

installation of oil fuel. She is not yot‘Wqllipped for tho cai'i'i.9.ge of re-frigex-a.ted produce, but ai-rangcnients have been made to insuiaite. her here ——tho first occasion in which a vosse: has been thus fitted in N'“.\' Zeal:lllG_ After illSll'l‘{l’[ioll she will proceed to Gislborne to load meat for Ellglullld. 011 siibspquent voyages' she will bring inwm-d cargo for Auckland and Gisbol'll!\ only,

The VCSSCI has at present a srhipmen-t of Seine thl'(‘:C and -3. half‘ million feet of hal'd\\'ood fimbol'_ said to be th-'3 1':1I'g(-st timber cargo CVOl‘ brought. to NI-w Zoaland in one vessel.