SHORTAGE OF SPACE.
SHIPMENT OF FRUIT. Per Press Association. NELSON, March 4. Because of a serious shortage of space for the shipment of fruit overseas, tho Nelson Fruit Advisory Committee passed the following resolution, which was telegraphed to the Overseas Shipowners’ Allotment Committee at Wellington: “This committee, representing the Nelson province, lias heard from the Fruit Board with alarm that your committee has failed to provide space for fruit to the extent of ‘2oo, ooo.cases available for shipment, spread over the next throe weeks. This means ruin for many growers and this committee urges the shipping committee to provide space according to contract.” A second resolution telegraphed by the advisory committee to Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, Hon. W. Nash, and Hon. W. Lee Martin, urgently • re-’ quests immediate steps to secure space as it is impossible to delay harvesting and cool storage space is unavailable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 82, 5 March 1938, Page 5
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