LACK OF TARPAULINS.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13378, 29 March 1912, Page 2

LACK OF TARPAULINS.

GKAIX BADLY SATURATED.

lUnitkjj Prkss Association.]

Oamaru, March 28. Complaints arc beinj; mack' by shippers in consc(|iience of the shortage ol tarpaulins. Grain in transit from the oauntry to tho port is subject to unnecessary risks. On a recent occasion ■\ train of oats was so badly saturated that shipment was refused. Other easos aro reported of minor losses. Tho difficulty as.',ain assorted itself in connection with tiio present loading of the Wanaka. 'Pho Dcpr.rtmc.iit Kecks to minimiso the risk by speedily nlacinp;. under cover grain trucks coming 'tohsml without tarpaifins.