DRIED FRUIT CARGO.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 734, 5 February 1910, Page 7

DRIED FRUIT CARGO.

pits HS ; V,A^iong; report /by/the"; wharfinger,-, (Mr/ !|S%';;'/;'';cKa^ |^^McargpjiwMiOTnadered: r by/ thai' Wellington, $§"Sy//;Biboui|Board' in3ommittee';ycsterday., fS£//i/The/Urubu;' Cbmpiw/s-''s^'™«f'-:^^^?°: ; ijJM'K/i/ came' frbni, Sydney,- in': \ November: last,' aad 'jtAl'-' v ri' • discharging• at. f the >, Tarbriaki i ''li/'/wi ,bpn/ j|;S ; ,:?ifi ditioAan/whioh '■ the/'rargo^jraalanded and il;fr : ':'.* 'tHe-ipanner'Vof 'js- hahdling;,by...the. Har;B6arQ's7Btaf[;iwe^Hhe v ,sub]ect;vof : £;!-//' comment, at tho time, V~;vj ■; ffi tie /board 'oil •. the' subj^;vo/;;vj;,vv-/;;.'; |;:v/': i i// ; /Tte!jwhaffi 4'-:' ; ;^(»asvMopl^'"yesteiday:V-by.''th6 I ;rfoard);' V*'- > : Cinindf,the', T fact :tlmtVthe.',Waik are's'cargo. fcty//;y'/ : ;j//y/Kl:fore'at,the"Taran f/fi :v //to; ':ite : ;'Beiiigylbnded 'in', good-order,. which £////$ was ..■;brought: about/by..tho/Waikare going !,;?•&;/' 'ialongside;?the.V Home/steamer? at/Sydney: i's/:/K/ia"nd r 'receiving/directly> overside.-the New of o:,fruit,:' bonse^ : St'iCjnentlysaving the-'uiine'tess&ry amount of - ',i '*'?.'r- v: s: £an*dliiig'.;t ; The, ;Unio'nS-Cbmp'a3yU>sked -jy;';;/■..'::;permisS)on:to work?the/Wforimoof'/coi-. /://!///t^busly^and;he;grarite(l'>thiSi; -/ :///■

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i^'S-¥,tb ; ipfe^bbmbin'gsyv ; and^ '.'iky- "'' ; ' v |^at;MMn|itr;'6r:dned ,^friitt ( v, -iMn''dins £;;>.: t;theVlmajbr:?r«rtionV^ § '':■>:";- ('■Lw&r? ;in ifrailibbxes : J,'uOii-.tap'' of. '; V?'«*!.^fe^ e d^' i^iii-it lead^wasV-ambngst'^the ;' hrst'/ slings' dis--, !&;;'■■ J-, charged; '§-Twp. ; or f :fhre6V nets,'■;'; of.-, friiiti !?■?" : v•; '",■ *fses: ; 'cohtairarig' ! alspVpigS';Of !lead--..were' |S ,: ''Cii;landed;#?buts^HiisV;v,was;';. immediately; KfH;:{siv. BtpppedjibttVonr: clerk; callingVattention to and ]• the,; lead;'was .thereafter separately;: ;};ivSo,i.great!.;was<-,:the; ';•;] /packages-injit his ,'ihatch., that rj-tt-5 i.trays'fsob'n^fb^ SvSf-.f J ; toidischarge i.wew l of.-nets; Si*§,,% : iand^evetfjthfeD!',"• our";;clerk.ihad:'to ;have ; #£■ aSuifi' with-;,trbllys/'and' men;Jwitli; trucks 15 Sif j; T; boards' in order:' to; take' the; broken ■ :?V>??7 as :&^ the:'shed,; to: bo ;repaired v by, ; the counted '&: v.,".:v. ; nb;.feweri'than;'lß'brokefepackaßes' out of

{'■=■'; '-, • t %snlt4nas, : .".'allriof i, :whieh'.;re-'' ?■)/?' jf.j q<iired.:;special,i: careful vbanaTjriKAto'.save |v? % 1 i.:vßny,oofiithoiopntents:'at?all.>/;: : This was £ ; 'J- J ''^; r ;np.fc^ ft .;s''',7:>mofe itrays'; fe/vW/Sthe ;sned;.iri ?the ■ ;yl£ Iv.-yv.iflit^t^ati,tli€se. Vwere".'tepaired teiWi''^T sl 7v fairVmanner), refutes .the,- ?charge";of |M.t.'. : iS:i.:tne- merchants that ;oub, men '.Handled: the ?v;:^"«Bes;:careless!y.'',':'-..? *?j;.y-'//-O''/;^'-':'//^ ft,fir?;;J,;:Wlieri.;Mr.?M6nro/TO^ \o'+*t: Boringjh^'f6nnd;;.that:the;:wharf.; at.:No. ; literallyVstrewri'Myith ! k i cur-'.; . i-s<y'/i rings', and' sultanas,; dropped; from, broken 'i-fici'ti- oaMSj'.'-'thevmeri;'ofteri':havin'r to stop::to: scrape 7 their,;truok ''wheels": and ?their. own '/>;?^i^toots^s^The; rbreakages jfrbm: ;■'. tho /,-' other'. S3//;?ZKatches;;.were?;notn ??;/ ; /V:;/He?y did '.yriot'f'; consider^'-that-: the; ''jit? /fbeeri ':■ any..-.: better. ■>;;/«-;//if■• J the*p'shipj.~ had?:/worked://ordinary ' 1 /cohsidimdy-'-.that,/'in /view? li-;- : :.V : of.Jthe^.great/number.;'of'different .marks. the -number/of/broken"cases,>it -was: i :fij';y;::Wimpossibl6:jto"ifully> sorts the Icargo.; out", into /Separate": stackS.- I "',The" ; report; refers-' ; ;.'* ii-fcS-Y t?,-?;" thick: rpaste;; of;; currants J- arid: < sul-. ; ;?yni;' : :/..th^cargo:'was?^ /-W':: /^^S-£<?>Jhti. DifficultiosvSummarised^ : :y;::V; i •';H;; ; i;'' ~.?i-Tne??repdrtvM Vto :K.v:''"?.'?,'' /?:/?? .;//why/;?thi&fclass'/.of difacnlt. S:-;'.vi: ; lttadeal \yith^-:;%i»^;iffiK^)ti:j^:&ii ! v'/r.:'. VcWarrim ■:.-^-'":,r 'casidnß -.to::cariyv. diie3ljfrnits.'SjThist'-Tesr! ■:?aX''ft; seli'ih^ivm'g.dii,?'^ '!-?-:':'.;: able I tb". > dar^:;.such-:'an;'eri6rmousr i qnarititj' I :;; ;.-'-: J.'of-^frail,,boxes;in'-larfto'iholds; ■ ' : v/v? : ;.-. \r,\ ■ |-'/IVT--':-:'.^' : these .boxes .were: ?;" ■-':: .v.; badlyicb'nstructed: (thisVfact is : .:aymitted • S'.->";;. I ?'■"- '■■: ; ;"alsbf'b6r'rietout ,by, ; "stateriientsvappearing. • ■'■".' : : .-siri'i l thestrad;e:.-pap'cr's'as'• tB thexhango.for-',:':-,'.->...v;"ithe worst','iisth'e'.coriditioris'of' paclcirig ;: at \-:-i.::-.'.■•■ "..Symr'na' ; arid";.other, Tfihipping •■ ports);-. -:«v-? ,S:'V?.'. ■V'-'Thij'd^Notwithstanding',the'extra, ex-j'i--i:;?V:'Erig;thSe':cavgoesjf: •h "'■;'■: : -"S : H r ? 0 -'.?A°Vo' I .' cope .with ; therri; success-" f*>. : S',> < .r-ifuUy : i as'' ; J of i'oom'/'i3. I l£j!i taken liip ;;ivith.:; broken"spackagesrSfto^ ;J ; iS '!,"• ':V ■: -;X':;,: I? >>»-V ;' ; -'^Sug;gßstions;{,:/ : ,::.y; ::^- ! sf;^^fXs o P™on.'i{s!:tnat-if; : f'gii'iv;'';:j ihijiriselves'r'would., apr/rbacb-. thev.TJnion f(;;*:K:;;. : J'CpmpanyXorS'Hn^darfc-Pwket-ivC^mpanyi ; S':-Sii.; aiid : ':ask';ithem.ltd ,put:bn/ : a ; special • veS' %':'i-'.v':'fcsel r iwithj/tween.tdeeks-, : w alongside ;.the Some; ves'sel-iri and.. Si%:-%;j;take ; ;iri;:tbe/dried" fruity as,;; was?- done Viii P;i;"j!~: ; thj):.ia6eipfyh6 Waikareilast.vyear,. they i.j'yCi'VS'n'.ouldireceive .their? i ruit';here'iinia- far V^'.Av/b'etrir',^ IP-. merchants; a fi' .:■:; ii?e"could.'staik..th'eir.fruit?and thus avoid; y.y;ft:'i letter ,-shonld? v : "\:.,f'f, bsX-serit.jout; ;askirig: each -J firm > : to (have' fcVvfe>''dutoiiru^ J";-, •:.$[ iVcases.'So'(that .we,conld ; ;tell : ,'at:a' glarico' ; : :-;:-' ; rS: w t 0 se;firmV?fruit'.'-was;'cbmiri