THE SCARCITY OF INSULATED TONNAGE.
STATEMENT BY MR MASSEY. (SPECIAL TO "THE TRESS.") WELLINGTON, April 26. "Judging, by pres :it appearances," said Mr jMassey, referring generally to the- moat question, in conversation with a reporter to-night, "the export of meat will go on right through the winter, on account of the scarcity of insulated tonnage. This scarcity exists in spite of the fact tbatthe Board of Trado has increased the freight paid for frozen meat by about 40 per cent, since the new arrangement came into operation, and of this increase not one penny is being charged to the New Zealand producer. Iv addition to the scarcity of tonnagOj it is within my knowledge that two of the companies trading to New Zealand had five ships building prior to the outbreak of war, and they havo not. been able to get these ships completed. It will also be remembered that* , two of our traders were sunk by the enemy, and another is still undergoing repairs as the result of a serious firo. All these troubles have contributed to the present difficulty. The only consolation
left to our people is that other countries in the Empire are having difficulties just as serious as ours, and even more so."
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15263, 27 April 1915, Page 8
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