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Excessive Cost Of
Shipping Stock
To New Guinea
Letter to the Editor A STOCK-BOAT, the SS “River Fitz r°y , was made available recently . to carry livestock to the Islands Being m Sydney, I took the opportunity of sending six horses to Rabaul, for the Mr ° f T m nf« Sel i^ nd a nei g h bouring planter, Mr- J. T. Allan. I think the public should know what this cost us.
The horses were ordinary utility marcs required for general plantation us” and the purchase price for the six animals amounted to £ll2, which was reasonable “ “J °^ However, when settling Phfln y nf T th f ag . en ‘ s ’ Messrs. Burns, HhpP» ht d -> I found I had to pay £2O e ? ht ' a . nd no less than £143 for the erection of six stalls. cost^nf 1 1 q S® r i? d the excessive o?er alls v w h l ch worked out at Stabs £ hcfnrp +iq inspected these stalls before the ship sailed, and found they were constructed of, perhaps. .thiS rate timber and, as they were situated
wal needed.’ comparativel y Httle material
Burns Philp did say it was intended to dismantle the stalls on the arrival bv timber would be sold priw Admi nistr a ti° n , and subsequently stock W ° Uld be made t 0 shippers of t t 0 the costs I have men tioned, there was an amount of £3l for ince Sl° n the voyage, and hLS a v l , has yet to be paid and for But C Vere a L e S? acTount” cost to rn Of th» d 0U u t that the total cost 10 us of the six horses will be an. proximately £3OO, or more. P no ?, ne ,, would have expected more sym pathetic treatment bv the * It should at lea y sthlve A bornfthe'
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& Darnlge ld Comm? ? oint °^ t th at the War of £10 S6 per head SS fnr i? aid a maximum the To So™ o d for horses lost during the Japanese invasion, although, in
several cases, including my own. thoroughbred horses of considerable value were Involved.
I am, etc., ...
Victor B. Pennefather.
Sydney.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Wills and twin daughters, Carolyn and ( Angela, passea through Brisbane on the B^ lo] who en route to New Britain. Mr. has been managing a P la for the past 12 months, returned to Au tralia to take his family to the Islands.