FULL EXPORT CARGO

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21525, 23 June 1933, Page 5

FULL EXPORT CARGO

CANADA AND AMERICA

IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE

STEAMER LEAVING TO-DAY

The largest cargo to leave New Zea- t land for the United States and Canada for the past five by a Canadian - Government vessel will be taken this t evening by the steamer Canadian'.-" 1 Cruiser, which is completing loading for New York, Boston and Montreal at Prince's Wharf. A portion of the cargo which had been booked for the_ vessel, totalling about 400 tons, hasi. been shut out owing to lack of space,., and will be forwarded by the Canadian* Challenger, which arrived yesterdayj_ from Brisbane to load in the for America. L The Canadian Cruiser, which is one of the two largest ships operated by the line, loaded about 2500 tons of cargo in Australia, and will have 9000 tons from New Zealand ports whenj she sails. She has lifted cargo at Bluff, Dunedin, Timaru, Lyttelton, Wellington and Auckland. , A large portion of the CanadianCruiser's cargo comprises hides and pelts, while there are also consignments of wool, sheepskins, rabbitskins and sausage casings. Frozen beef, <• mutton and lamb have also been loaded, as the ship has a small refrigerated space. The remainder of the shipments from the Dominion include kauri gum, grass seed and peas. About 300 tons of \ hides and 100 tons of pelts hare been I. declined and will be forwarded by the Canadian Challenger. The Canadian Challenger is to load at Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru and Bluff, and will also take a ful! cargo. - . As a result of the good cargoes offering, the next Canadian steamer to load in the Dominion, the Canadian Constructor, will visit nearly all the main' ports, her itinerary having been altered. She was formerly to have called only at Wellington, but it was announced yesterday that she will now come to - Auckland, from Australia, arriving on July 24, and loading at Auckland,-', Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and possibly Bluff. "The future looks brighter than it has for a considerable period," said Mr. W. M. Luke, general manager in New Zealand for the line, yesterday. "Never before have we had to turn , down cargo. The cargoes to bo taken' by the Canadian Cruiser and the Canadian Challenger are by far the largest that we have had for at least five j J ' ; . '-rV' years Canadian and American firms, said Mr. Luke, were now buying more freely in New Zealand, and trade with these countries had shown a marked im-j provement since January. In recent" months Canadian buyers had beep active on the local hides market, * while official advice had been received that Canadian manufacturers anticipated buying slipe and greasy wools ill , the Dominion next season. There were also indications that United States firms would operate to a larger extent; ' on the wool market. . - Mr. Luke added that there was a v possibility that the line would revert to a separate New Zealand service.