WHARVES FULL UP

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17918, 24 October 1932, Page 5

WHARVES FULL UP

LONDON PORT BUSY EXPORTS RISE LONDON, Sept. 1. London docks have been transfigured this week by a rush of trade which all sailors know to be the fairest reading on the national barometer. Every single berth in the enormous King George V Dock—the largest artificial dock in the world —was occupied with shipping on Monday. ‘‘Full house!” was the good news that ran round the great port of London, the warehouse door of half England. * Of 11 ships in and out of the dock this week, 10 have flown the Empire flag. The only foreigner was a ’passenger boat. The full berths are a happy omen oi better times. They mean that every derrick is manned by an engineer and a driver. Every shed has its full complement of longshoremen. Every railway track is crowded to capacity with goods wagons, and long linos of snorting motor trucks are tiling through the dock gates. This week the flag of the British (Empire is flying over the freight that is being landed on English shores. Eight cargo vessels have arrived from (Empire ports, and the derricks swinging between shove and ship are landing Empire fruit, Empire mutton, Empire butter, Empire food or every description. The value js estimated at well over £1,500,000.