SHIPPING WAR.
■■ rih — a.:-,-.. .•*.« CONCESSION BY CUNARD COMPANY.; BT XEr.EGIIA.ru—raESS ASSOCIATION —COl'l'tllQltT. »' London; January IG. 1 Tho Cunard line has conceded a differential rate of 10s. between the Maurctahia and Lusitania's third-class passengers and other Cunard and White'. Star, liners. , Tho Whito; Star lino claimcd a'los. differential rate. - There is keen competition for the big traiisAtlantic third-class 'passenger Apparently the White Star people .desired the Cunard Company to charge 15s.' 1 extrafor <a' tliirdeinss passage by the two new, large, and fast •&t?amors; the Ounaril 'ephipsny:'is 'Willing to' charge 10s. more. The ".new Cunarders have a". Government' subsidy, .to helptp .defray, the, oxpense ot\ their costly:.extra:.speed., j, ;;..
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 98, 18 January 1908, Page 5
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107SHIPPING WAR. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 98, 18 January 1908, Page 5
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