SHIPPING SHORTAGE
OUTLOOK FOR'NEW ZEALAND
EXPORTS,
. In reply to a question as to the present position With regard to shipping, the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. W. JF. Massey) said yesterday that he was sony ,io say that the outlook *>$s not nearly so good as 1 it tvas six wecsks or two months ago. Fortunately, he 1 added, 1 in Januiiry, and so far as this month had gone,-the supply of shipping was good, and they had very greatly reduced the stocks of frozen meat and dairy produce iii the different freezing- stores throughout the Dominion; and he thought that even now therfe would be no serious difficulty so fat as frozen. meat and cheese, we're concerned. The ■ difficulty, he was afraid, would be with, regard to wool; flax, tallow, and other commedities, which ' were very often looked upon asnlinorlmattere, but. were of very considerable importance to the Dominion as a whole.- "He hoped that the trouble would not last Very long; but it Svas just as well, lie said, "for the public to know that .for the next six. or eight weeks the supply of shipping, espe'eially foi the iwfticles ho lte'd Irientlotied, would not be so good as it had been since tlie commencement !of the year. NeedleSs to say, the Goyel'nmeut' wdvild continue to do everything they c*ukt to ease the position,.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 44, 20 February 1918, Page 7
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226SHIPPING SHORTAGE Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 44, 20 February 1918, Page 7
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