ISLAND FRUIT SHIPMENT.
; NGAkUTA AT WELLINGTON.
PORTION IN POOR ORDER. fBY. TELEGRAPH.—PBESSt ASSOCIATION.] . WBLIfDfGTON. Friday. The Ngakuta arrived this afternoon from Cook Islands with a cargo of 16,000 cases of oranges, tomatoes> and . bananas. The vessel struck bad weather, and was 40 ,' hour's, late;'.; ■;'-.•■-; " ; l"' '' •'-.''. : From a' cursory 'examination from the '' deck 3t 'appeared that portion of the fruit was in a bqd condition.- The inspector's" report "from- the 'Island's'stated thai: portion" of the oranges had?been shipped jn rain. This wbuld cause the fruit to ■ -sweat. - '- !l ■'' -' . An officer accustomed" to dealing with ■ fruit cargoes expressed the; opinion that about 40 per cent: woiijid be fit for the market. Much rain 'wais experienced at the Islands,-and the viessel ran into a gale ori the run down to New Zealand. This was detrimental to the shipment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18771, 26 July 1924, Page 8
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135ISLAND FRUIT SHIPMENT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18771, 26 July 1924, Page 8
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