EMPIRE ROUTE
PACIFIC SHIPPING SIR E. BEATTY HOPEFUL OF SUBSIDY LONDON, June 18. Sir Edward Beatty, chairman of Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd., upon his arrival at Southampton indicated that orders would be placed immediately for two ships for the Canadian-Australian Line in the Pacific if the British and Dominion Governments reached agreement regarding a subsidy. It would be necessary to build ships of at least 22,000 tons with a speed of 22 knots. The cost would be about £2.500.000. Sir Edward Beatty intends to confer with the Hon. Alexander Shaw, chairman of the P. and O. Line, Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Dominions Secretary. The amount of the subsidy was not settled, but it would be divisible between the Imperial Government and the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Fiji. Sir Edward Beatty is verty hopeful of a settlement in order that the Empire route may be preserved.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360619.2.68
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1936, Page 9
Word Count
158EMPIRE ROUTE Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1936, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.