THE WAIMARINO’S CARGO

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22194, 10 September 1937, Page 12

THE WAIMARINO’S CARGO

STATEMENT BY HARBOUR OFFICIAL (THE PRESS Special Service.) AUCKLAND, September 8Unavoidable circumstances bad caused the coastal steamer WaimariPO to discharge South Island produce in piles on the western wharf, explained Mr W. R. Golden, traffic manager of the Auckland Harbour Board, when the matter was referred to him. Through lack of storage and berthing space at the Auckland wharves, the Waimarino had been forced to unload at the Western wharf, which is not usually used for the discharge of produce, and the cargo was placed w planks in the open and covered wim tarpaulins. —■ Mr Golden stated that this was the first occasion on which such cargo bad been stacked at the wharf. He ex* pected that by to-morrow afternoon the residue of the produce would h# stowed in sheds.

TO correspondents — : —* 1. Letters sent to the Editor for printing must be written in ink on oß* side of the paper only, and writers must send in their names and addresses in full, whether they w* s ® these to be printed or not 2. Writers must say clearly whctne* or not their letters are oemg. or ( have been sent to other papers. ' * 3. The Editor cannot return or r*® r ' any letter which for any reason is unsuitable for p- ntmg, nor he acknowledge unsuitable letters, although this will be done wh®* it seems to be needful, or enter into any correspondence about letters sent in.

TO CONTRIBLTOKS Contributors will please t.ote tM* manuscripts submitted without £ stamped addressed envelope cannot * rejected be returned.