PORT STATISTICS
WELLINGTON'S YEAR THE DROP IN IMPORTS [Fax Unites Press Association.] WELLINGTON, January 6. Figures available to date in the shipping statistics of the Wellington Harbour Board for 1933 show a slight imcrease in the net tonnage of arrivals as compared with the previous year, but trade generally has not improved. The tonnage handled over the wharves was less than for 1932, said the board’s chairman (Mr C. M. Turrell) to-day. He said the position was practically due to a falling-off in imports, which were more than 40,000 tons below the previous twelve months. Exports of wool, butter, and cheese had increased, but not in sufficient quantity to compensate for the drop in imports. The coal trade had fallen off, and transhipments were below normal. Timber imports had increased, and there was also an increase in the bulk oil trade.
He mentioned that coal bunkering was being replaced to some extent by fuel oil.
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Evening Star, Issue 21611, 5 January 1934, Page 6
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155PORT STATISTICS Evening Star, Issue 21611, 5 January 1934, Page 6
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