SHIPS DIVERTED.
WOOL FLEET VIA CAPE ROUTE. (Received 10.30 a.m.) ADELAIDE, this day. So far only three of the wool fleet, the Turakina. Taranaki. and Talleyrand, are offering? to carry wool through the Suez Canal, the remainder, numbering six, have all been diverted to the Cape route. The officers said that the imposition of wartime insurance rates, added to the already high canal duties, made it almost impossible for shipping ti'i use the canal and show a profit on the voyage.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 243, 14 October 1935, Page 7
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81SHIPS DIVERTED. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 243, 14 October 1935, Page 7
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