DAIRY PRODUCE

Evening Star, Issue 19615, 22 July 1927, Page 9

DAIRY PRODUCE

ALL STORES CLEAR THIS KOKTH [Per United Press Associaiios.] WELLINGTON. July 21. The shipping position at -the various ports, states this week’s ‘ Nmy Zealand Dairy Produce Exporter,’ is in a very satisfactory stafe, duo to the eflorts made to clear tho stores of produce to the fullest degree. Up io the end of tin's month the detailed positions are as follow: Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru, and Lyttelton are cleared of everything with the exception of 1.50 crates of cheese at the Bluff, This has jnst arrived into store, and on account of tin? small quantity difficulty may be found in securing space for early despatch. At New Plymouth tho store is clear of everything. Napier, Gisborne, and Wanganui arc clear. ■ .

Tho last, hatch of -ISO crates of cheese at Eaten was lodged in the Mamari last week, and about 1.500 boxes of butter temporarily hold will be shipped in tho lonic about July 22. Tho Wellington store is clear, with 2.400 crates of cheese shipped in the Hainan last week. At Auckland there are 50,000 boxes of butter in store, but those arc scheduled *to he lifted as follows: Huntingdon, on July 21, 25.000 boxes; Atbenic, July 19, 10,000 boxes; Hororata, July 27, ]5,0C r boxes. J’ho Athcnic and Huntingdon will both sail finally from Auckland before the end ot July, but, the Jlomrntn will not sail before the end of August. Because. of this it may bo possible to transfer the allotment on the HororaU to the Atbenic. Approximately 2,000 orates of cbecso in store at Auckland will bo lifted by tho Huntingdon. The net result is that all produce now in store that is available for shipment will, provided the Hororata transfer eventuates, bo cleared and aboard steamers before tho end of July. A certain quantity of held butter is in store at and Wanganui which may bo released, in which event space can be provided in the lonic for 15.000 boxes.