VALUABLE CARGO

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22319, 2 May 1947, Page 4

VALUABLE CARGO

DISTRICT PRODUCE WOOL AND TALLOW When the Fort Dease Lake sails from Napier she will carry in her holds Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay produce of a value estimated at well over £SOO, The wool cargo at present being loaded into the ship is the largest single consignment ever to pass over the wharves at Napier. , . ' The Fort Dease Lake arrived at Napier on April 16 and since that date produce lias been pouring into her holds. It is expected that when the hatches are finally closed the vessel 1 will contain over 22,000 bales of-wool and 3000 casks of tallow, besides quantities of other cargo. With wool at an estimated £25 a bale, the Fort Dease Lake’s wool cargo .will be of a total value of £550,000. Prior to recent price rises, tallow was estimated to be worth £9 a cask, so that the vessel’s tallow cargo will have a value of £27,000, making the total wool and tallow cargo worth £577,000, Gisborne contributed to tne wool, tallow and general cargo loaded by the Fort Dease Lake. The Pukeko carried a substantia] quantity of produce from, this district to Napier on her latest trip. ‘ Produce from Gisborne loaded into the vessel included 944 bales of slipe and scoured wool, 250 casks of tallow, 81 casks of pelts, 118 bags of horn, and 48 cases of foodstuff for Britain. The produce from Gisborne is estimated to be worth Well over £25,000.