NEW SHIPPING SERVICE.
FIJI TO MELBOURNE. Jcy ;TELEGnAPH— PEESS ASSbCIAIioN—COPIEIGnT.) Melbourne, September 16. The State Government has decided to givo a subsidy of £2000 per annum, for three years, towards.the establishment of a monthly, shipping service between Melbonrno and Fiji.' '"PROPOSED TERMS OF CONTRACT.! 'The Fiji Government proposes to invite tenders for a, monthly sorviee l .tq i Melbourne, ,yia Sydney, it. being a condition of. the . contract that the rate of freight he .the same for Melbourne as for Sydney. Some months ago the. Fiji Government asked the Victorian Gqvernhneht 'ivh'&t Victoria would i/intributa to'such a service;-and Victoria's reply is eontainedMn the above cablegram. It is estimated by the Fiji Government that a monthly service, with jsui table l cold-storage for all/fruit, would cost "'jdsofld per annum. At the same time Fiji would prefer a fortnightly, service, if the money could 'bi> found. : . .i Taking the estimate as for a monthly service, . Vjetoriti'a offer meets t>vo r fifths of the anticipated cost. In return, it js hoped tl\pt the trade to Melbourno.iii'foodstuffs will be SQQ,.tons monthly., ,1-he-Fiji .Government proposes „that the flrst u ?t'eamer'should begin' running 'in ;April, .1909. An offer by Fiji pf a. subsidy, of ;;£SOOO a year for three years, for a monthly Veervice, has been approved .by the Secretary of State for the Colonies/ ' _
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 304, 17 September 1908, Page 7
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