EASTERN GOODS

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 113, 15 May 1934, Page 11

EASTERN GOODS

BROUGHT BY NARBADA

Three times each" year' the steamer Narbada brings to New Zealand foodstuffs and goods from the East, and each time there is a bewildering collection for discharge at the main Dominion ports. Thousands ,of cases of white rice and chests of tea, lentils, and woolpacks and hessian, beans, and nutmegs—these and many other typically eastern exports serve to. fill the Narbada 's holds. ' ■ :

Yesterday afternoon, the ship arrived at Wellington from Auckland in the course of unloading cargo from Calcutta, Rangoon, Penang, Singapore, and Samarang. For Wellington alone she brought from Calcutta about 2000 chests of tea, several hundred bags of split lentilsj 55 drums and 115 half-cases of castor oil, hundreds of bales of cornsacks, twill bags, gunnies, hessian cloth; juto webbing, sacking twine, and carpet binding. In addition there Was shellac, saltpetre in bags, chutney, and various condiments, and a case of mica blocks. From Rangoon the Narbada brought about 17,000 bags of white rice for -Wellington, and als9 whito, beans and butter beans. ■ ■

At Singapore thousands of cases-of pineapples were loaded, and of these several thousands are for AVellingtou consumers. At tho same port nutmegs, mace, black and white peppers, pearl tapioca, and small pearl sago were loaded. More pearl and seed tapioca were picked up at Penang, while from Samarang the . Narbada brought hundreds of bales of kapok for Wellington, together with 186 bags of peanuts and 16 bags of coffee.

The Narbada is to leave here tomorrow for Lyttelton and Dunedin to complete discharge of her cargo. She will then proceed to Newcastle to bunker prior to returning to the East, swhere she will load again for New Zealand ports.