FIJI TO LONDON.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 26 March 1921, Page 12

FIJI TO LONDON.

PROPOSED STEAMKK SERVICE. ' SLrVA (Fiji),-March 11. I lie I !o\prnment has (vein in eonununic.niiun »itli ;i substantial flipping company Willi tlu> object of arranging it I i-f-'uliu- MTvirc between Fiji and London. ; j Tho i-ompam- stated that it would I I r.-quijv :t jruaranteo of i>,500 tons of ' J rarpo |kt trip each way or payment of dead freight. The rate of freij.nt between Fiji and London to !><> the same a« between Sydney and London, with a subsidy. The- loaijianv indicated that they |-ru|)osc to employ a cargo ty|K> of w-Kwl. with a cargo capacity of appro*i ■ mutely .'..Will to b'.UOO tons. I Alter some correspondence the. Governor culled a conference of loading importers and exporters, ns ( (( the possibility ..I obtaining a guarantee of i lii.iMKi lun.s of uaxgo annually. His Ex,ecllency'e endeavours, however, to secure I co-operation were not altogether aucceasiful, only luilf of the amount of I required having been guaranteed up to J the present. So the matfer stands at i present, but there is no dnubt that the sre.vic« will be arranged witliin the month. Meantime, the announcement if made that the A.1.5..V. Co. arc taking otV the lx-vuka (Hpeeially built for the j banana trade) and putting the old Suva on the Sydney-Melbourne-Fiji route. This is said to be in anticipation of Australian tonnage coining out by the direct line. j