DIRECT SHIPMENTS

Southland Times, Issue 19770, 19 February 1923, Page 5

DIRECT SHIPMENTS

SAVING IN PILLAGE AND SHORTAGES Direct shipments to the Bluff, obtained by the Chamber of Commerce, resulted in a big saving in freight to Southland importers, but the Maimoa shipment has also resulted in a saving in pillage and shortages. “The shipment was a treat to handle,” said a man who has had a vast experience with landing cargoes in Invercargill to a Times reporter, making inquiries about the shipment. He went on to say that the shipment was landed in excellent order, and the loss in breakages and shortages was slight. It was a contrast with the cargoes which came down the coast after transshipment. The coastal cargoes arrived in bad order and it was only with difficulty that the goods were sorted and handed to the various consignees. Over 200 consignments were landed ex the Maimoa and the consignees received their goods in good time and the complaints were few. “We are well satisfied with the result of the shipment,” said the managing clerk at the agent’s office. Continuing, he said that there had been a little rough pillage, but nothing like the amount experienced in some of the shipments. lir all the pillage cases the work had been executed in a rough manner and it was easily detected; quite different from the smart work accomplished in some of the shipments during last year, when it was almost impossible to detect that the cases had been tampered with. The total cargo landed was 1,500 tons and out of the whole consignment only four articles were missing. Compared with trans-shipments the loss in pillage and shortages had been reduced to a minimum. BOATS FOR BLUFF. The Chamber of Commerce announces that the boats named below are on the loading berth and carry cargo, with Bluff included in the list of ports of call. Importers are advised to cable their orders in time to secure the benefit of direct rate* of freight. The vessels are:—From London, Pon Hunter, March 28; from West of England Tekoa, early in April; from New York, ■ Tremere, March 10.