FOR PACIFIC RUN.
Matson Line Plan Three Large Liners. TO COST £1,700,000 EACH. . SAN FRANCISCO, September 5. Three great liners,- instead of the two originally proposed, will comprise the new fleet of the Matson Navigation Company in the South Seas run from San Francisco. Tlie company confirms reports that the Bethlehem Steel Corporation will build three passenger and freight liners, caeh to cost £1,700,000, for this service.' Two ships are already being built. The third will be 072 ft long and lavishly appointed. This Avill be the first bid in x an attempt to divert traffic from Australia and tlie South Sea Islands from Vancouver to San Francisco.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 211, 6 September 1930, Page 9
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108FOR PACIFIC RUN. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 211, 6 September 1930, Page 9
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