VALUABLE CARGOES.
SHIPMENTS FROM DOMINION. CHRISTCHURCH, March 1. It will be a bad day for the underwriters if the steamer Cambridge, which is to leave Lyttelton to-morrow, for Home ports, does not tie up safely, for she will carry one of the most valuable shipments of produce from the Dominion ever exported. In shipping circles in Lyttelton the value is believed to be a record lor the Dominion. The vessel belongs to the Federal Line, but at present is under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company, Ltd. She is to leave for London and West of England ports with a full load of wool, lamb, mutton, butter and cheese. The t Port Napier, which was dispatched on Friday for London, was a full ship, and the Shaw; Savill, and Albion Company’s Malmna, which is to sail for London on Thumeday, will also carry a considerable amount of cargo. The value of the combined caigo ot the three vessels will reach £2,000,000. The Port Napier’s cargo consisted of 108,962 carcasses of lamb, 50,376 carcasses of mutton, 14,626 bales of wool, 4027 boxes of butter, and a large quantity of sundries.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 79, 2 March 1927, Page 3
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190VALUABLE CARGOES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 79, 2 March 1927, Page 3
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