POTATO SHIPMENTS
SOUTH' CANTERBURY
PRODUCE
(By Telcsi'aplj—Press Association,.
TIMARU, This Day.
Authorities in Timaru smiled broadly at the contents of a message from Dunedin yesterday regarding a shipment of potatoes by the Tairoa for Montevideo. They, allege that the statement was misleading Inasmuch as the earliest shipments to, that port were made from Timaru at least four years agq, and say further that the bulk otthe line loaded at Dunedin yesterday came from South Canterbury and North Otago, being railed isouthi Last year 6000 tons of potatoes were shipped from Timaru and Lyttelton to' Montevideo. The Tairoa carried 1400 tons, while the Norfolk and Westmoreland are expected to take 1200 and 1400 tons respectively. ■ -' Approximate shipments from Canterbury this season have aggregated'9sso tons. The South Canterbury crop is reported to be prolific, up to 20 tons per aero having been reached;
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1937, Page 15
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141POTATO SHIPMENTS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1937, Page 15
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