PACIFIC SUPPLIES

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 272, 16 November 1943, Page 3

PACIFIC SUPPLIES

No Allied Ships Sunk In Last Six Months By Enemy TRIBUTE PAID TO DOMINIONS Rec. 1.30 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 15. No Allied supply ships have been lost in the Pacific during the past six months as a result of enemy action, said Rear-Admiral W. B. Young, Chief of the United States Navy Bureau of Supplies, who reached London after a 24,000 miles flight through the Pacific areas, including Australia and New Zealand. American supplies, he added, were reaching the South-west Pacific in quantities sufficient for large-scale operations against the Japanese. Some were being carried by air. Referring to the difficulties of suppling scattered Pacific bases, Reai--Admiral Young drew attention to the lack of harbours and quays for unloading supplies which, at many places, had to be transported ashore in small boats. He paid a tribute to Australia and New Zealand for adapting their industries to meet the demands of the United States forces in the area. New Zealand and Australia were supplying the American Pacific Fleet with tremendous quantities of fresh vegetables and meat, and in doing so have largely helped to solve one of America's major problems, stated Admiral Young. "By supplying the United States forces with fresh meat and vegetables New Zealand and Australia save the United States a long haul across the Pacific. Australia is also co-operative in developing new lines of industry. They have learned to bone beef and pack it by hydraulic methods." Air transport, added Admh-al Young, is going to play a very great part in supplying the fleet.