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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 923, 18 April 1957, Page 2

Partners in Progress For 75 years; the New Zealand story has been one of continuous enterprise, progress and achievement; and in all that has been done; the ships have been your willing partners and your faithful servants. Indeed, this story of success may well be said to have begun with a ship. dunedin WELLINGton STAR The Albion Shipping Company' $ Clipper "Dunedin" (1,200 tons) sailed Today,thc Bluc Star Linc "sMotor Vesscl "Wellington Star" ofit, 994 tons from Port Chalmers February I5th 1882; arrived London May 24th, is typical of the modern ships in the New Zealand trade. She is ten times witb the first-ever cargo of frozen meat; comprising 4,31 carcases 4S large 4S the #Dunedin She carries 2 1 times as much Mutton and Mutton, 598 carcases Lamb, 22 carcases Pork, 2,226 Sheep Tongues: Lamb (108,823 carcases) as well aS 7,294 quarters of Chilled Beel, I0 ,029 packages of frozen Beel, Pork and Sundries; 60 652 cartons of Butter and 60,520 cases of Apples: She can make the oyage Auckland- Dunkirk in 31 days _ less than onc-third of the time taken by the "Dunedin Thus; over the years; have the ships played their part in New Zealand'$ continuous develop- ment. They have more than kept in step with the achievements of producers; for ship- owners must look far ahead. The ship that is built today will still be in service 20 years hence and must be able to handle the trade of the future; as well as that of today: As the Lines join in celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the dispatch of the first shipment of frozen meat; they look forward with confidence to the developments which have yet to come: Issued in the interests of mutual understanding by NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS SHIPPING LINES SHAW SAVILL & ALBION CO: LTD THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. LTD PORT LINE LIMITED BLUE STAR LINE LIMITED