Board Backs Aramoana For Nelson Fruit

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30044, 31 January 1963, Page 5

Board Backs Aramoana For Nelson Fruit

(New Zealand Press Association)

NELSON, January 30. CotoM shipping companies would have to improve toeir service to compete with toe standard being set by the inter-Wand ferry. Aremoena. said the general manager of the Apple and Fear Board Ofc- J. H. Parker) today. "No matter how tong our association wttb nonet ai shipping has been we cannot ignore such an improvement as the Aramoanc is providing* saidMr Pmker. Mr Parker said be had just returned from inspecting Nelson fault on the Auckland market, and had been *’absolutely thrilled” by its oonHe could assure toe growlers that tt was arriving in fwredsrfiil condition after jagM-Cg* ««» t»* M.W eompieteiy face of tetaWtof. wtoeh, had been toOn MflpNK MBulCuC ptTVipasty, be said. Be bad not taatirtaWMyat toe apples be bad kwected. Ufa fault was now loaded

on to toe pallets at the orchard and did not come off them until it reached the

merchants* floors, he said. , Nelson apples were reaching the Auckland market in just as good condition as those grown in Auckland. “The Aramoana is helping us to help the public. It is oosteng us a little more, but the extra expense Is proving more than justified," said Mr Parker. On toe Aramoana, toe peltate were strapped In position so that there wee absotatety no movement On toe coottal stops the naans of fruit were handled IndividuiUy mml- th am JrrssrSc - the fadhtits far tomdtog cargo had w»ttaww»»»Mt-<hyZ isftu* Wj *** ““ Utotto *■«* ysg