Delivery of perishables
<X.Z Press .Association) WELLINGTON. Delays in delivery of fruit and vegetables between the North and South Islands! i should be alleviated very 1 soon, the Minister of Rail- 1 ways (Mr McGuigan) said. Replving to a question from Mr T. F. Gill (Nat., ; East Coast Bays), the Minister said that delays in the 1 freighting of fruit and vegetables between Auckland and Christchurch had been I caused partly by the late arrival in Christchurch of i the overnight goods express -from Picton. Steps had been taken to I improve this situation, and; I restrictions on the rail-air i 'service for perishables had; also been recently removed. 1 The new Cook Strait ferry I Aratika was expected toj enter service soon, and this ishould improve the position,; the Minister said.
Tennis.—Czechoslovakia beat Australia 5-0 in the Czechoslovak semi-finals of the Galea Cup under 21 tennis tournament In western Bohemia. In the match for third and fourth, Monaco: beat Jugoslavia. 3-2
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33600, 31 July 1974, Page 18
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