SHIPS HELO UP.
CONGESTION, AT TILBURY;
LONDON, July 29.— Great -congestion ' exists at.;Tilbury Docks. / Several 'vessels' ; have been held up ior oyer a fortnight v awaiting: berths, including , some 1 from Australia; The Gilgai was berthed on ' Saturday j after three weeks in the riyei'. j • The '"congestion in the- warehouses is e .l ua % as badr AU . storage accommoda r tion ia- 'choked With goods. 'Wool,;at present unloading must remain in the open, owing to lack of covering* ;V- . , Sir Auckland Geddes, in the House of. ;stated : that the congestion was fully realised, and such action as was .practicable , was! being- taken. . . . >. . -• ■■ v ■ — mmimmm — ".;-.■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14987, 14 August 1919, Page 5
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