"LET THEM ALL COME."

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 146, 21 June 1915, Page 7

"LET THEM ALL COME."

WITH SHIPPING SPACE DEPUTATION. PREMIER REPLIES TO MR. BURN'S. "Telegram receiver!. Will foe pleased to receive deputation on Wednesday rc'garding shipping apace. Hope all pre-_ ssnt at meeting on Firiflay !w-ill come along. Please wire, when coming, so that a time can be arranged for the denutation.' . The foregoing telegram ftae been received from tihe Prime iCimfsier liy the president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, in reply to an .intimation that a deputation proposed to viart Wellington for the purpose of emphasising the clams of Auckland to better recognition in connection witft the aHocation of space for the shipment of frozen produce. 6

Mr. Burns informed a reporter the morning , that he was lenvang for Wellington to-night, having arranged for the members of the deputation appointed at Friday's meeting to meet him at the Royal Oak Hotel, Wellington, mi Wednesday, at 10 a.m. If time permits, a preliminary conference will then take place, with a view to arranging tbe> procedure. Mr. 11. R. Paeey, representative of the dairying indiuofcry, loft by the Main Tnink train tih-ia afternoon. Mr. H. G. Stringer, of the Farmers' Freezing Company, leaves ito-night. while, it is expected that Mr. A. A. Boss, president ■of the Farmers.' Union, will join the same train down the line.

Asked if theTc had been any developments in connection with the agitation, since the meetiiijj ait the ChambcT 'of Commence, Mr. Burns tod a reporter that the members of the 'jepmtation fad been preparing: a strong case, to place before the FKme Minister. "I am gDing to ea) - , ''added the president, "that Auckland was only al>le to obtain a fair proportion uf space while the southern centres were not in need of it. ■but that as coon as the latter wanted space, Auckland had to go short." Mr. Burns, like other members of the deputation, is well primed with figures, which a-re calculated to show thnit Auckland mot only winte more insulated apace, hut atoo that she is entitled to get it.