ISLAND TRADE.
THE SUBSIDISED SERVICE. A MELBOURNE GRIEVANCE. (Received 4.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. The Burns-Philp Company's contract for Pacific and Islands shipping, at a subsidy of £50,000 per annum, expired at the end of January, but is being continued pending inquiries as to the cost and advisability of extending tbe service from Melbourne instead of from Sydney. Melbourne shippers complain that under present conditions they are placed at a decided disadvantage compared with Sydney traders, and could develop a profitable trade with the Islands if Melbourne were made the terminal port — (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 45, 23 February 1926, Page 8
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96ISLAND TRADE. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 45, 23 February 1926, Page 8
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