SHIP SUPPLY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 147, 22 June 1915, Page 7

SHIP SUPPLY.

A BETTER OUTLOOK. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star."') WELLINGTON, this flay, j In regard to the oversea tonnage , supply, the I'rime Minister states that ! while then , is undoubtedly a. scarcity <>f! refrigerated tonnage, areordinc to the information supplied by the Government to the Board ol Trad.-. lualLois are .improving, and will continue to improve for some time to come. BIGGER FREEZERS.

ME. HASSEY'S WAY OUT.

(By Telegraph —Tress Association.)

WELLINGTON , . Monday. Tin , Prime Minister mentioned tonight that ho thought ho would be able ' tooonvince the Auckland deputation on the subject of shipping s]iaop, as he had convinced other representatives of provincial interest.-, that the Government had done the best possible under the peculiar circumstances created by the war. "One result of the shipping trouble ouslit to he an improvement in t*he pro-vi-ion for tlie storapr of frozen meat." added the Prime Minister. "Down in Canterbury they have i-rvctcd. within two months. :i refrigerating store capable Of holding 80,000 carcases. If there were more stores, the Dominion could face a temporary shortage of ships without anxiety." At a meeting of the directors of the Paten Cooperative Freezing Works it ! wa s decided to carry out extensive additions. These will involve (.he installation of a CS-ton freezer, doubling the present capacity. An additional cooling chamber is to be erected, capable ot 1 holdinj: 24,000 sheep. frivins space, with the present room, for 00,000 carcases altogether.