FEEDING THEM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 60, 12 March 1938, Page 11

FEEDING THEM.

CRUISE SHIP FARE. MANY TONS CONSUMED. LIQUOR AND FOODSTTTFTS.

It takes a lot to food people. plns : i ">O7 of a crew (including the skipper). ! l'»t that is a job faced daily by the | chief steward of the P. and O. liner jstrathmore, whicl« yesterday discharged' ja record number of tourists into the | city. In the store on hoard there are | many thousands of pounds of drv goods and "wet ' pood*, all under the care of, ithe storekeeper; with meat. fish. poul-| try. vegetables (bar potatoes and, onions) and fruit under the care of the 1 chief steward; camera supplies under! the care of the photographer; and general goods in two shops each with a keeper. In four days from Brisbane to Auckland. including one day at each port, there were consumed on board 5000 bottles of beer and 700 bottles of spirits, with, on the side. 4000 bottles of mineral waters. According to authoritative reports, wine is not included in the list of best sellers—the demand for that will come with farewell parties. To that luxury list add 30.000 cigarettes and 2001b of tobacco. On the food side there is a similarly interesting story to be told. Eg"s! totalled 22.000 ( 400.000 on the whole! voyage from England to Auckland)! meat of all sorts weighed 9500r.» (about 4i tons); bacon, 2J tow; poultry, 1600 head; fish, 3 tons; flour. 3.1 tons; butter.| 3* tone; sugar. 2001b; tea". 1201b; fruit. 1 000 cases of all sorts, including H tonsj of grapes; potatoes. 5 tons; onions. 11 tons; and green and root vegetables, 4 tons. Provisioning is quite a job! I

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