SHIPPING FRUIT COMPLAINTS OF ROUGH HANDLING.
The attention of a Post representative was drawn to-day by Mr. T. W. Kirk, Director of Orchards, Gardens, and Apiaries, to the very unsatisfactory manner in which the apples being shipped by the Rangatira for the South American market were being handled. The apples were being landed from a small steamer on to the wharf, taken to a shed, and later on removed from the shed to the Home boat. "This means," said Mr. Kirk, "a lot of handling, and bumping about. Could not the shipping company be persuaded to allow the. small steamer to come alongside the Home liner, and the fruit be loaded straight over the side, as has been done before on several occasions? Shippers of fruit complain, quite naturally, that the extra handling and dumping about of the cases seriously depreciates the value of the fruit. It is hoped that the shipping companies will see their way to make better arrangements in the future. The extra handling means additional cost as well. The shipment of apples for South America is a large one, one firm alone sending 5000 cases."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 73, 27 March 1914, Page 8
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