What must approach a' record for fast- loading at Lyttelton was established with the big motor-ship Otaio on Wednesday and Thursday. Owing to the holidays the vessel was a day late in her ipc-bedule, and it was important to shippers that no further time should be lost. During the two days the tttaip took in 8000 hales of wool. 15.000 freight-carcases of mutUn, 12.000 boxes of butter, over 2000 crates of cheese, and a quantity of tallow and sundries. The holidays had prevented any preparation being made, and the -wool had .to lie taken out of store, sorted; and loaded.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 January 1933, Page 8
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