NEW CARGO SERVICE POSSIBLE
REPORTED PLANS OF AMERICAN COMPANY traasi association tblegium.) AUCKLAND, March 7. i Advice that the Oceanic and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, a subsidiary of the Matson Line, is contemplating resuming the Pacific Coast-New Zealand-Australia cargo trade with three 13-knot freighters, was brought by the Mariposa. The Auckland agents said that they had no knowledge of such a move, although they knew it had been freely reported in the United States newspapers. The service was carried on for many years by the once familiar "golden" ships, but they have not been regular! traders here for years. The demand for cargo shipping space the world over and the Japanese influence in the Pacific are stated to be contributory factors, , ~ There is also good reason to believe that either British or American passenger liners, operating in the Amer-ica-New Zealand-Australia run will shortly make regular «•&• «ft Sw&fc,
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22345, 8 March 1938, Page 19
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