WHERE ARE THE TRUCKS?
v (di ;Tit.EoairH—BPECiAr, corißnspoNnuNT.) -~-.;' -;'::■ v;. Auckland, February 8. '■ Owing to the continued shortage : of rail-, way rolling stock, tho .Union Company'e collier: Kotuku remains at the Onehunga wharf;! iindischargod.and idle. :To: make the.'iijpsi-'.' tion worse, tlio steamer Holmdale arrived from' Westport pn■■•.Friday- night, ' also, coal: ladoiij and she, topi is. practically an idle/ ship! owing.to tho lack of sufficient -tracks, to .discharge- into.' The. : conditions existing.are far from- satisfactory,, for not only are .the shipping companies inconvenienced, but the .ivaterside workers' powers of .earning, arej niuch restricted.; ':[^^---. : '. : . : .^^-'i^c\
."; There is "a shortage l of'. railway ■' rolling ptock : at ...Wellington,. and. steamers with coal and timber cargoes are delayed in consequence of having-to wait for trucks. ■ Two vessels, with coal .cargoes, are' so: situated: at "present and one steamer (the Pakeha), which arrived from ."the .south for Homeward;, loading yesterday, can get, no suitable berth for that purpose."' Local-shipowners generally complain; without any appreciable result, about the scarcity of suitable-rolling stock for the reception, of coal, cargoes. . '■:, ■ "..' .-.i
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 427, 9 February 1909, Page 9
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171WHERE ARE THE TRUCKS? Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 427, 9 February 1909, Page 9
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