WHEAT IN BULK
DELIVERY AT AUCKLAND v. P.A. AUCKLAND, August 29. The first shipment of grain ever to be discharged in bulk in New Zealand has arrived at Auckland from Canada. The cargo comprises 7000 tons of wheat, 4000 tons of which is in bags and the remainder in loose bulk at the bottom of two holds. As all imported wheat has previously come in bags from Australia, the Auckland wharves are not equipped to discharge grain in bulk, but special apparatus has "bee& devised by the Auckland Harbour Board, in co-operation with the Whoax Committee, carriers, stevedores, a l?^ mills.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 52, 30 August 1945, Page 6
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101WHEAT IN BULK Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 52, 30 August 1945, Page 6
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