DIRECT SHIPMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 April 1921, Page 6

DIRECT SHIPMENTS.

SECOND LINER FROM HOM 3. PORT PIRIE DUE TO-MORROW The first C. and D. liner to bring direct shipments from England to New Plymouth, and the second liner with cargo direct from the United Kingdom, will arrive to-morrow, the vessel being the Port Piirie, which is from London, via Auckland and Wellington. The Port Pirie is bringing 1900 tons of general cargo to discharge at New Plymouth, on account of various importers. The Port Pirie wfil be remembered in New Plymouth as the steamer which took the record cargo from Taranaki last year, and her lengthy stay in port enabled the ship’s companj' to make friends here. She is a vessel of 7316 tons gross, 475 feet in length, and beam 59 feet, and she has a carrying capacity of 14,800 tons. Captain W. Mason is in command • Another interes»ting feature of the Bort Pirie’a visit on that occasion was that the vessel established a further record in the trade through Taranaki’s deep-sea port, in that she came direct* to New Plymouth and left direct from 'here, no other port in the Dominion being visited.

The Port Pirie arrived at New Ply-* mouth on September 24, and she remained in port until October 10. During, that period she loaded the record cargo of 90,130 freight carcases of meat and 12,000 crates of cheese, the approximate value of which wad £220,000. The produce came from all parts of Taranaki, the works at New Plymouth, Waitara and Patea sending quotas. The direct trade between England and; Taranaki was inaugurated last year by the Shaw. Savill liner Mamari, a vessel of 8114 tons, which arrived at New Plymouth on October 20. Her cargo consisted of 500 tons of general merchandise and 1000 tons of basic slag, and the result of the direct shipment was a very marked saving to Taranaki