FLAG SHIP OF THE PICTON FLEET.
TO THE EDI TOW Sir.—ln saying that the principal duties in tho past of R.M.S. Admiral have been “ the conveyance of stores to the Sounds stations and farms, the return cargo generally comprising cattle. pendent underestimates the services rendered by this vessel, also the resources and trade- of the district. With regard to the three first mentioned classes of produce he is right, as amongst others these do no doubt form a considerable part of the return cargoes. But you?' correspondent is apparently unable to distinguish between ;i firewood ” and “sawn timber.” The good ship Admiral (Captain J. W. Pern-no) carries full cargoes of timber from the Nvdia Bay Company's extensive mills (managed by Messrs Reese Bros, Christchurch) to Picton, for the company’s Marlborough agents.—We are, etc., GRAY AND WATERS. Blenheim. November 18.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16895, 21 November 1922, Page 6
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