SHORTAGE OF SHIPS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 August 1915, Page 3

SHORTAGE OF SHIPS.

UNION" COMPANY'S ARRANGEMENTS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Y'.'eliiiigton, Thursday. Regarding the shipping' congestion in Dunedin, the Prime Minister stated in file House, or Representatives to-day that he bad sent the following telegram to ;.Mr. 0. Hold-'Wortl], general manager of the Union Steam Ship Company:

" 1 am informed that the position in Dnnedin in connection with shipment, of -produce to Australia is ibccomiiig more acute, and shall lie glad if you will advise me whether thero is any chance of an improvement being effected ill the near future. Any intonation will be appreciated.'' Tie had received the following reply, dated .Tulv 2S:— " Prior to the receipt of your -wire, we had fixed and anmmn.-ed that the Kaitangata. 5000 tons deadweight, would load produce at Dunedin for Sydney | next week. We have also arranged for the Koroniiko. 401)1) tons, to load at Dunedin and Timani, • commencing about August 11. Further fixture* for, vations ports are aM ifollow:—Kauri. I 5.100 tons, loads at' (hwnaru and Timaru for .Sydney next week; Waitenifl.ta makes a special will at. Lyttelton this week, and lifts '.Viftfl tons for Sydney; V'hanga.pe, ."iiiiiO tons, will load 'in the [middle of the month at Oamaru, j Timaru, and 'i'I!11 fur Melbourne. By arrangement with the Federal Line, we are filling at Tiiutr next week for 'Sydney balance of snaee, 400(1 tons, 'in Somerset. The foregoing fixtures will give relief to the extent of nearly 200,000. sacks, and. as far as 'possible, space has been equitably allocated hetwu-u produ-e p-irts. You may he \ inl-rested to know that 'bei.vcon -the. Gild o! April and the middle of we shall ha ve carried tJie equivalent ofjust one million sack>i of light cargo' and produce to Australian ports. Wo ; think we may claim this is noteworthy.] particularly in viev.' of the present exceptional pressure on shipping, and when it is re-ineniPicred lh-.it during the last ten years no cargo of tllis description lia-i been oll'ering, end we had lio reason