MORE SHIPS FOR N.Z.

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27498, 4 November 1954, Page 13

MORE SHIPS FOR N.Z.

Lines Rearrange Schedules LONDON, Nov. 2. By a radical rearrangement of their programme, New Zealand Shipping Lines plan to provide New Zealand with as many snips to load in Dominion ports during January and February as would have been the case had the recent dock strike not occurred. A spokesman for the New Zealand Tonnage Committee said the plan rested on the assumption that normal working would continue in the United Kingdom and ships at present in port be discharged according to schedule. Seventeen ships will sail for the Dominion between now and the end of the year, and it is hoped they will be sufficient to deal with all cargo coming forward.

Approximate dates of sailing are:— November s.—lvinghoe Beacon from Southampton for Wellington and Auckland. November 11. —Port Pirie from London for Auckland and Port Chalmers (this ship is also carrying cargo for Port Chalmers left by the Royal Star and the Rippingham Grange, for Bluff lefF by the Royal Star, and for Auckland left by the Gothic); Cedar Hill from Tilbury for Suva; Middlesex from London for Lyttelton, also carrying cargo for Lyttelton left by the Royal Star, for Wellington left by the South Africa Star, ana for New Plymouth left by the Rippingham Grange! November 18.—Mataroa from London for Wellington; Arawa and Highland Prince from Southampton for Wellington and Auckland. November 24.—Rang) tiki from London for Auckland and Port Chalmers. December 2.—A vessel from Southampton for Wellington; Blyth Trader from Southampton for Auckland and New Plymouth; English Star from London for Wellington and Bluff. December 9.—-Corinthic from London for Lyttelton: Dominion Monarch from London for Wellington.

December 16. —Kaimata from London for Suva and Port Chalmers; Kaikoura from Southampton for Auckland and Nelson. December 23.—Rangitoto from London for Wellington and Auckland. December 30.—Port Wellington from London for Wellington and Napier; Port Dunedin from London for Lyttelton.