PREFERENCE FOR WOOL SHIPMENTS.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14875, 25 September 1918, Page 2

PREFERENCE FOR WOOL SHIPMENTS.

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v . Christchurch, September 24: .! The Minister, of Imperial Supplies-has'1 informed' the chairman of. the Canterbury Grain Merchants' Association that, consequent, on representations by the London Board of Trade, all- the wool possible is to be k shipped to Great BH-' tain/ to the exclusion of general cargo. - Wellington September 24. Referring to Mr Hoover's statement regarding shipping, the Hon. D. H. Guthrie said to-day that he had not received any advice of the intention of tiie Imperial authorities to divert any ships already promised to New Zealand. The arrangements made so far extend only to the end ojD the year,' but nothing lias happened to lead the Government to suppose that there will be no ships after that time. Contrariwise, the indications have been that there will be a reasonable amount of shipping available for the New Zealand trade. "

HEALTH OF SOLDIERS.

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Wellington, Sept. 24. . The Minister of Defence has received advico from a hospital ship outside New Zealand waters that the health of the patients .on board is goba. He has also been advised that the health of the right wing of the Forty-third Reinforcements is excellent. Sir James Allen has received the following message from Mr Massey and Sir Joseph Ward ■ regarding the epidemic on a New Zealand troopship:— "Exceedingly grieved to learn of casual-, ti-es from pneumonia epidemic. Please convey to parents and relatives of those members of the -Expeditionary Force whose" illness has terminated fatally our heartfelt sympathy' * and condolence." :