LOADING IN THE RAIN.
EFFECT ON ISLAND FRUIT. [by TELEGRAPH. CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Friday. The fruit from Rarotonga by the Manapouri did not arrive in the best of condition. Bananas were in better order than the oranges, and fairly good prices were obtained for them, but the oranges were so much deteriorated that prices were much affected. The depreciation was not of an avoidable nature, it being caused by rain. The latest trip of the steamer to the Islands was marked by exceedingly wet weather from beginning to end, and the effect of loading the oranges to tho holds while the cases were wet was to submit them to a steaming process in the sub-tropical latitudes, and this was prejudicial. The last two trips of this steamer have been made in almost continuous wet weather, but it is anticipated that there will be no recurrence of such conditions during the next six months or more. In that case the fruit should reach Wellington in excellent order, for the packing and transport arrangements are spoken of as being very good.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14157, 4 September 1909, Page 6
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178LOADING IN THE RAIN. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14157, 4 September 1909, Page 6
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