MELBOURNE STEAMSHIP . COMPANY.'
■ ; t ' , " EFFECT OF NAVIGATION BILL.' : ir telegram—press association— copyright. • Melbourne, February 29., At tlio half-yearly meeting of tho Melbourne Steamship Company, 1 Mr. Reid, tho chairman, said that ovor £12,000 was annually paid' in claims among tho companies for thofts from wharves. .
Referring to tho Australian Navigation Bill, ho said it was calculated to destroy tho trade of Australia, and-if passed would debar some of tho finost stoaniers from coming here.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 7
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74MELBOURNE STEAMSHIP . COMPANY.' Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 7
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