RECORD SUPPLIES

Grey River Argus, 21 July 1941, Page 4

RECORD SUPPLIES

FROM NEW ZEALAND For Britain’s War Effort P.A. • WELLINGTON, July 20. The very large quant.ty of primary products sent- Horn New Zemui •.( i-j the United Kingdom in le:s than t.v. years of war, and the sav.ng of t im. on the waterfront under tne co-op-erative contract system, were reviewed by the .Minister of Marketing. Hon. J. G. Barclay, in c.n address tonight. He said that it was estimated that there had been a saving of at least two days on every vessel ihc war began. Mr Barclay said that New Zealan l had shipped to the United Kingdom 254,000 tons of butter, 21.C00 tons o' cheese and 598,000 tons of meat, and had sold to Britain 1,600,090 bale-; of wool. This represented enough butter to make a wall 6ft high from Auckland to Wellington: enough wool to form a continuous line from North Cape to Stewart Islrnl: enough cheese to extend over 1000 miles; and seven times mom meat than the weight of the wor'd’s Icrgest liner, the Queen Elizabeth. A tribute to the farmers was ra’d bv Mr Barclay for their resnonse t”the call for increased production FM said that the country would be able to ship to Britain‘2s,ooo tons more of chees- than in the first year of war The sunnly of 160,000 tons of cheese to Britain in the coming year woidd involve the working of double shiUs by the existing factories the re-O’-en-iiie of old factories, and also hv.olvr 4000 farmers changing over Lowbutter to cheese cuoplv. Various other sections of the community would have to play their part, Mr Barclay said. He stated that t-' 1 fill an overseas shin as quickh a? possible, special trains, Loaded entirely with either butter or meal, were beintz dispatched from the coo' steres and the freezing works to the main ports. The loading on the waterfront had been speeded up, w.tb the result that the work don-' b'waterfront labour had increased as follows: — Mutton and lamb: 41 per cent Beef: 27 ner cent. Frozen sundries: 32 per cent. Butter: 18 per cent Cheese: 22 per cent Woo! : 23 per cent.