URGENT WAR CARGOES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21150, 19 July 1943, Page 6

URGENT WAR CARGOES

SPEEDIER BANDUNG UNITED STATES MISSION An endeavour to speed up the loading and discharging of urgent war cargoes of arms, food and equipment for the Allied forces in New Zealand, Australia and other south areas was the purpose of their mission, stated Mr. Charles E. Brown, regional director of the United States WarShipping Administration for the South Pacific and South-West Pacific areas, in Auckland. He is accompanied on his visit to the Dominion by Mr. John C. McHose, legal adviser to the administration. They are to confer in Auckland with Captain M. J. Bulger, the administration’s representative in New Zealand, and his assistant, Mr. A. Playle. “Our job is to see that this shipping is used expeditiously,” said Mr. Brown. "We want to cut down port time so that more voyages ' can be made. While we are building a great many ships, the demand for shipping space to England, North Africa, Russia, New Zealand, Australia, India, Alaska and South America is so terrific that a few hours saved through speedier handling at ports may make all the difference in getting cargoes to critical ports in time to be of use. No matter how many ships are built, their value is greatly decreased if they cannot be utilised to the utmost.” Ships built in the yards of Henry J Kaiser were playing their part in the Pacific, said Mr. Brown. He added that other shipyards in America were doing equally fine work. Mr. Brown has been in Australia for 1G years as managing agent tor the Matson Line, and when war broke out he agreed to take over his present work.