REFRIGERATING SPACE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10847, 12 March 1921, Page 7

REFRIGERATING SPACE

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FREEZING WORKS CONSIDERABLY CONGESTED. THE TONNAGE QUESTION. , Would the Prime Minister make such provision as miuiii be necessary -or uro allocation of tut liter leiitge.alia- space lor tno pons or .\ttytur oud Uniroai naketf Mr G. Hualer, M. ; l\ lor Vi aipanu, nuout notice in tiio House ot rvepiest nialives yesterday aiteruoon. The two districts in questi-m, lie c.alined, iiaa a special claim to collar.iorntioii in regard t . reirigerated sbippu.g apace, because . titey were sutienng nvoi a wa eoiisiueiI'.olo drougnt; anil, owing 10 tile luet ttut tlie various iiec-.ag worus were so congested on nccouni ol want ot tonnage, titey had considerable onacuity in dealing satisfactorily with their stock. Mr Massey replied that he would be very glad to comply with the request. As a matter ot met he already had the matter in hand, aud had been in cuinmunici.tion with tile British authorities and the shipping control committees at Home and at this end m legat'd to it, but so far without success. Considerable difficulty was found in securing outward cargo for vessels trading between Britain and this country, anti theivtc.ro there was more profitable work for those ships in other directions. DELAYS AND LABOUR TROUBLES, lie aui.ed tnat in reply to lus repiesvntnuous to tiic imperial aumoiities witu reieicuce to me saoriago oi tonnage lor luc euiriagc Ol icmgeiuvcu province, tue lc.lowing cuhie nan oeeu received irum the iligu comiuiosiouer, under uate Mareu iru:—' ionnage: vvtut teieience to yuur telegram ox rebiuary mil, have luatle representations to Miniotry of food and 'dunnage Committee, both oi whom reply to tne following citect —Every etlort is being made anu has oceu made to in crease amount of tonnage available tor -loading in New Zealanu, and diversion Port Hacking from Australia given as il stance. In order to iurther increase space for private cheese. Ministry of Food lias consented reduce space allocated March butter. No steamer usually trading to New Zealand has neen diverted. Owing to scarcity of New Zealand eargo some steamers have had to go to Australia, but are intended to load Homeward from New Zealand. . Ministry of Food and Committee state, delays largely due to labour troubles in New Zealand where steamers have taken frequently two mouths and over on the coast, and point out there is every inducement to shipowners to eecurc most rapid turnround in that payment made for them not on time but on voyage oasis. Tonnage Committee states that vessels being turned round hare as speedily as possible, and several liners have been despatched in ballast owing to shortage outward cargo. .. .

He would just like to say that so far as Sir Joseph McClay 1 chairman of the Tonnage Committee) was concerned, ho would retrieve the difficulty if he could possibly do so, as he had done on previous oocasions. *