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IN ALL BRITISH PORTS. DELAYS IN~DISCHARGING. DOCK SHEDS OVERCROWDED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received January 9, 1.45 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 7. Tile congestion at the British pons is increasing daily. An unprecedented number of vessels, laden with foodstuffs and general cargo, are lyings off the mouth of the Thames. Some have been waiting at Southend for a fortnight. The Germanic and Euripides seem condemned to remain at Plymouth indefinitely. Even when a'berth is secured at London, unloading is often stopped by the sheds being crowded and the absence of railway trucks. A steamer recently anchored in the river for 18 days before she commenced to unload. A number of ships have been transferred to other ports, but those are also badly congested. Prior to the war, liners which made three and ahalf round voyages from England to India in the year now, despite the faster passages, make only two and ahalf.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14259, 9 January 1920, Page 5
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