ORANGES FOR NEW ZEALAND

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27500, 6 November 1954, Page 2

ORANGES FOR NEW ZEALAND

DELAY IN SHIPMENTS FROM AUSTRALIA

effect of wharf STRIKE (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, November 5. If the Australian wharf , pe s' sists it will have a serious effecton supplies of oranges for New Zealand. Mr R. Walker, general manager of Fruit Distributors, Ltd., said this noon that thc Kowhai, which was loading at Adelaide, had had to sail for Wellington with only a few c ® a ® a aboard The Waimate was iust ®bout to begin loading 20.000 cases at Meltourne At thfi stage the prospects of the fruit being loaded could only be described as "grim.” The ship was scheduled to sail lor Auckland. The Waimea was also preparing to load at Melbourne for the S °The Monowai usually carried 6000 cases on each voyage from Sydney to New Zealand. She was due to le®ve Sydney today for Auckland and would not have a shipment of . or ® n ®® s As the last shipment of “I the North Island arrived some time Sgo, said Mr Walker, a great shortage was imminent. A sh pment had just arrived at Dunedin in the WanaKi, and that would keep ‘he South Island supplied for a short time. To, assist the position in the North Island, »000 cases would be brought up fromi the South Island from the Waitakis ship “Mr Walker said that the English dock strikes would also have ® effect on supplies of Jamaican orange, for New Zealand. Arrangements had been made for a satisfactory shipping programme, scheduled to begin about the middle of this month.