EXPORT OF PRODUCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1921, Page 4

EXPORT OF PRODUCE.

VALUE GF DIRECT SHIPMENTS IMPORTANCE TO TARANAKI. The value of the New Plymouth Jhar bor to Taranaki is now fully recog» nised, but further evidence was pro* vided at the annual meeting of the Taranaki Producers’ Company jester day, when Mr. A. Morton (the chairman) stated that the new contract arranged with the shipping companias for the carriage of dairy produce contains a claim that "the shipping companies will endeavor to give direct shipment from the grading ports, New Plymouth being included in the list. This, said Mr. Morton, was what they had been aiming at for a long time. He hoped that the transhipment of produce would gradually "become less, until it ceased altogether; A clause had also been included that the shipping companies were to bear any storage charges caused by transhipments missing their connection at Wellington, Mr. Morton pointed out that last year there had been three direct shipments of butter, amounting to 43.528 cases, and five shipments of cheese, totalling 35,713 crates, and that they had already received notice this year of a direct shipment of 10,000 cases of butter on September 12.

Mr. J. S. Connett said that the announcement was undoubtedly a gratifying one. The importance of direct shipment was brought home to them by the ! fact that at times the losses in break- * ages, depreciation in weight, and additional storage were very heavy in the case of transhipments. He thought it was opportune that the dairying industry should give the Harbor Board some backing in their progressive policy. There had been a good deal of, criticism, mostly from New Plymouth, and not from the country, in regard to the board’s proposal to use the stone from 1 Paritutu. He thought a resolution should be carried stressing the importance of the work being pushed on. He suggested during the recent financial stringency of the board that they should approach dairy factories for assistance, but financial arrangements had aince been made to enable the work to be gone on with in the meantime. He felt that he would be voicing the opinions of all when he expressed the hope that the work should be carried out at an early date and additional facilities provided as soon a» possible. Mr. W. V. Harkness later moved: “That this meeting of dairy factory representatives approves of the action of the New Plymouth Harbor Board in deciding to push on with the extension of the breakwater by using supplies of stone from Paritutu, that being the nearest and. cheapest source, of supply for carrying out this important work.” This was seconded by Mr. A. E. Lawrence, and carried unanimously.