CONSTERNATION AT THAMES.
SUSPENSION OF STEAMER SERVICE. THAMES, Saturday. Local food supplies are running short and prices are rising. It was .not' believed that the smaller boats of the Northern Steamship Company carrying cargo to ports such as Thames would be interfered with, because the cargoes are usually worked by the vessel's crews. The non-arrival of the usual consignment created considerable consternation. The suspension of tho AucklandPaeroa steamer service means a serious matter, especially for tho upper gold-iieldis district'. _ A shortage of potatoes is not expected, local supplies being available. The coal supplies held are not too extensive, but ft is ivheved there is enough oxl hand t:i mining pumping machinery foundries, atid factories going for weeks.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 3 November 1913, Page 3
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117CONSTERNATION AT THAMES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 3 November 1913, Page 3
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