GERMAN SHIPPING LINE.
: ' ■—-—-♦— — '.■ -■'; ' . INCREASING' BUSINESS WITH ■'• - AUSTRALIA. By Teleeraph-Press Assoclatlon-CoDjrlrtv Berlin, February 27. - The German-Australian Steamship Company's next liners.- : will , be' named "Sydney," "Melbourne, , ' "Adelaide,"' "Fremantle,'.' "Brisbane," and "Albany." The annual report of the company; states that ? an increase, in the fleet. hie been made necessary by the Australian States' rjpid development. Cooling chambers-were Tequired, and the transport of frnlt''and' : meat made ; larger steanjers indispensable. ■ ' ' .
The German-rAustralian',.. Steamship Company of Hamburg was established in. 1888. It has a fleet of 35 steam-ars. Three lines of steamers run. from; Hamburg, Antwerp, Rotterdam,' and Lisbon to 'Australia and South' Africa. One steamer a. month is dispatched regularly from Scandinavian ports, to Australia; and one steamer every six, weeks • direct to Java .ports, via Suez,, in addition to steamers of the two, lines which call at Java on the homeward voyage.' There is a service from NewJTork to Australia in connection with'the Tyser line, and also- between Australia, and Boston, via. South Africa. Tho largest of the line is the Rostock, 'Hot tons. Seven steamers are noTT^uilding...;,,■ ...:,■ .;.,.,;■; ■■'
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1063, 28 February 1911, Page 5
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174GERMAN SHIPPING LINE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1063, 28 February 1911, Page 5
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