THE SHIPPING SHORTAGE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 144, 18 June 1915, Page 7

THE SHIPPING SHORTAGE.

IS AUCKLAND NEGLECTED ? PREMIER SAYS IT IS NOT. UJMI'L.UN* OK INADEQUATE MOUAGE. In c.'iis.-.|iieiK'e of the serious allega tion- :... .it the "Auckland Miir" in ii c .i, . i . : ■■' e.io: iage ol snips lor the t ....... a:i ■ o: pio.i.iee e\;..,n« and Coll j. -. 01, in Hn- iiort.u-rii irc.'/.ets. the l i .v... v, ni,i, r iia.-. ma |c a le igt ny ft.i.. ;:i- ... .il 'tiiPlitig I .i dl.-pfove tne :. . _ - ■■: I ml On- p.ill ol tne Dotiiiiu.i , ~.: ...li .iii...tl Iv i;.-Hr,i. .md pro.r.-l ■ v.. . ~i i ■•■ t.-.v. in t has lit-i-n in no I v..i, :.'.aiiicvu.itoi. Mi M,i,-,v savst— . I~• -Ati. k...;, ! -st.ti - ' aril, ir' ma :. ~ . ....lll.i lli.li All, k1.11i.l I- negie, led i .i« alloca: . -ti .•', si.Miner -; a . : v lie. 1 it, aud a.irgeis t.iilt t .ilee ol t ..' t-., .., ouatouiiti : V ill I tie New /'. ,li.l I : tr.u.e i.iive ...'.;. sevlti'r.l by t ii ■ .\ical 'J.u-l. i'lilS Idea was ;ii ..-'.ir.l. I inb. ;'S had Ixvn sent to Aigeutine by t.ie Boiiiil of I'm le to' e.ury l.'-ci for the l-'relieb iitnites. As to ti:,- utupiatul i.-g.it ding Auckland shipii i ;ii.-. in i iv.- season g.il.'.'.'.s freight i i.uva.sCp of meal v.id K-eti stiippe.l irotn i tiu [<u-t of Auckland up till May HI. I whereas in the same period last year llie amount shipped was 110.733 Height carcases. In addition to the O.lltltl ear- , (: ,.. 0 ., to Iv taken hv the Waiwera, ati allotment of an additional S.oiM) carcases was given in tii. r.ingariro lot' tie en I | of June, or th" beginning of duly, so t'tiat Auckland get, spa -c lor Is.-iun ear | ra-.t". ;nstea ! o! ' r !I..'iihi. a, stilt.-1. "Tiv lioverntncttt had bee-i in almost ("..liv contm-.tii-.c.if.on with lit- Bard oi Trad,- tin-.'i.h his Excelh-m-y ::,- ..... eriiol and t'.ie llig i t'-otntin,- .ne. oti the question of in-ultitc.| spa c." said Mr Massev. • I",,- mr.i.'.cr ~: -'lips oi th. teg lint Ib-et which will be t-i thes' •wator.- in lv ,v is- e.gbt. and not tw.-'.vr. as r.iieged. anl a.l .■: tin ei-giit ate lo.i 1 ing in the varioiu* port, ti.io-.igh.itit rie I\>m.nt -ii. w-iete relea, ■is tirgi-titiv Ih.it aii the following steam r---i .■tin thi.-. Delphic. Wniwera. Indi abarah, Atiiitvie. La Bla.i a. Ijpa.va. In.lr.Lpura, S-imrr»et and Makarint- w tth the ex cc-tion of one. w il' load at Nevv '/'.■ a.an I p..iie. and the t.nvertit.i nt :- nego ti.iMi.T lor tiie vessel r, I'criod to as a poss.ble exception. "By w,iy of comparison it may be stated that the meat which will be in store on dune oil next in Auckland will \ie approximately RS.HHO careasis. wiureas foi the re.-t of Nev Zea'a-i I the total will be approximately 2.*iOU.n»>t) earcaaes. Auckland has been, and i-b-ttg, fairly treated. If. as is s-tate I. any of our steamers are g 'ing to Br:s bar..-, they arc going there by direction of the B-iard of Trade, bit: immediate-;, •this suggestion came under mv not. f 1 paced myself in roiiraiuniratioii with the Home Govenrav.nt on tho matter. .s-itmiarly with regard to the litre.• S'.i.iw f-.tvil'. steamers which are being tempo r.rily diverted by tiv Board of Trad* t . the Argentine trade, the reply of t c I'-'.-u 1 of Trade is that the.-c ship; arc r-lilir.d to carry hecf for the 1-ieivh army, and that the Board "I Trade doe. n 1 desire to vary tills arrangeiiieni : tilt, ar a set-off, we have b-.pi ass-ire I t, u two v.-s-:- u.siiallv engaged in tiiArgentine trade '..iv- :,- v . larte, -1 :..: t ... t-,;.,- to New 7-l'..tid. lis r and o.er again repre.-.'iitiiti-.iiis have bi-.-it It i 1.- t.. the Boa: d of Ira I- with the oi :eet oi se.-ttriug sp amcis for -New Z.-.i la ii.l, but it :i;'i.-! be rleariy under-t-.-i 1 t" at the ali.r-ati v of steamers to th--di'Terei;: trades i- entirely under t'.t control -: the Imperial liovrrnment. •Tiie -no,t s.-rio'i- dtflicultv ill Au.'klatil i- tin- inadequate storag- accom-in:<-lation fnr fr.ir.en nie.it. Due f atttei ,)■:•-;■' company has recpntly iiicira.-e I its «' • mtiioititioTi by 50..0n caren.=rs, which i- more than the vlt .le of th- storage a-eommodation tor the Aiti-kland pr . vi-p-ia! district. To be safe at n time like this. Auckland ought to have stor ag. for otHJ.OOO carca--.es. I'rolm-'jly Can ter'.vtry and Wellington have each a ra; icity for mor-. tiian dou 1 ,! ■ even '.ins ar. tint "