MEAT EXPORT HELD UP
SHORTAGE OF VESSELS CONCERN IN WAIKATO (Per Press Association.) HAMILTON, this day. Tte serious shortage of boats suitable for conveying chilled and frozen beef to the British market is causing grave concern in the Waikato, where large numbers of cattle are waiting dispatch as chillers. The position is causing uncertainty on the stock markets, where the demand has slackened for store cattle. The storage capacity of freezing works in the Auckland province is severely taxed. > The position is attributed to the extra demands on shipping companies because of the increaseu world trade and the slowness and cost of loading on Dominion wharves in comparison with Australia.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19314, 3 May 1937, Page 5
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110MEAT EXPORT HELD UP Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19314, 3 May 1937, Page 5
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