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FRUIT FROM THE ISLANDS. MONOWAI’S CARGO. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, May 30. An exceptionally large amount .of fruit, said to be the biggest carried since she entered the Pacific mail service, was brought by the Monowai which arrived from San Francisco today. The fruit cargo, some of which was stacked on sheltered portions of the deck, amounted to about 15,900 cases of bananas and oranges, mostly oranges. So far as could be gathered this morning the fruit was in perfect condition. The Islands fruit season extends over about six months of the year and each of the two mail steamers in the Sydney-San Francisco service usually carries two big cargoes during the season. The Makura on her last southern trip before being withdrawn at Wellington for overhaul carried a larger quantity than that brought by the Monowai to-day.
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Southland Times, Issue 21716, 31 May 1932, Page 5
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141RECORD SHIPMENT Southland Times, Issue 21716, 31 May 1932, Page 5
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