EXPORT OF GRAIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 98, 22 May 1909, Page 5

EXPORT OF GRAIN.

LARGE SHIPMENTS FROM THE SOUTH. ■The export of grain from the South Island promises to be very heavy this jear. in addition to the large '-parcels" that are being loaded by the direct liners, a number of vessels ire being chartered specially to load grain, and two of them are already on the loading berth. This afternoon the -'Scales Line" steamer Clan Grant left Lyttelton tor Tiniaru and Bluff to complete loading for Avoumouth and Glasgow. While at Lyttelton the Clan Grant loaded 11,10!) sacks of grain. At Timaru the Bteamer, which is ol the turret deck type, with enormous carrying capacity, will load about 30,000 sacks of wheat, and at the Blulf she will fill up with another 20,000 or 30,000 sacks. When s he sails finally from the Bluff the Clan Grant will be carrying between 00,000 and 70,000 sacks of grain.

Another "Scales" liner, the Agapanthus, is expected to arrive at Lyttelton next week from Sydney. She will load about 30,000 sacks of grain there, and .will then proceed to Timaru to " fill up" with a similar quantity. It is reported ■that she will be followed by the Clan ■Leslie, another turret steamer, which will load at Lyttelton and Timaru, and probably Bluff. The Norwegian steamer Elsa, which is under charter to Messrs. Friedlandcr Bros., is at present loading at Timaru, and is expected to arrive at Lyttelton to "fill up" for the United Kingdom. It is reported that her cargo from the two ports will total about 50,000 or 60,000 sacks of grain. The only sailing ship chartered up to the present is the barque Annesley: now nine'days out from Melbourne to Lyttelton. She will load a full cargo of wheat at that port, and will probably carry about 30,000 sacks to the United King3om.