[?]ective Cooler Causes

Heavy Banana Loss

Prom Our Own Correspondent

Suva, May 25.

ECAUSE a fault developed in the cooler equipment of the USS Go’s Matua in mid-May, ;r sailing from Apia, and be se it could not be rectified nigh an expert was flown from :kland to Suva) the vessel was nted to Auckland to discharge Samoa-Fiji banana cargo, ler than carry on to Lyttelton, he fruit, however, was already r-ripe at Auckland—especially Samoan bananas, of which some 0 cases, valued at about £17,000, to be dumped, and a great deal ■e was sold in poor condition, at ut the price of the crate, he New Zealand importing misation, or insurance com ies—not the growers—stands the