SHIPPING CONGESTION
SOUTHAMPTON OVERCROWDED, (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) ( Received 1 Jan. 10, 10.50 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 8. The Ceramic has been ordered to resume her voyage, and it is hoped she may be berthed at London on Tuesday. The vessel has been burning 50 tons of coal daily for over a month to keep her refrigerating plant going. The congestion at Southampton is acute. The port did excellently during the war, but the facilities for dealing with overseas cargoes are proving utterly inadequate. Ships are constantly arriving with food and wool, only to find they must leave the cargoes rotting in the sheds or seek another port. The Suevic and Runic from Australia thus left to Hud a less congested port.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14260, 10 January 1920, Page 5
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122SHIPPING CONGESTION Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14260, 10 January 1920, Page 5
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