COMMONWEALTH LINE
CONDITIONS FOB TENDERS. AUSTRALIAN SERVICE MUST BE CONTIX LED.'
EIGHTEEN ROUND VOYAGES EACH YEAR.
LONDON, Jan. 4. 'file conditions in tendering for the Commonwealth line include a provision that tenderers mlist provide a satisfactory guarantee that they will maintain the vessels on the British register and conduct a service equal to the present one for a period oi lG years, making at least 18 round voyages per year. Preference will he given to offers containing proposals lor safeguarding. Australian exporr- < i’s regarding Height rates. Shipping circles consider that insistence on the maintenance of the service lor the 10 years may debar possible tenderers, as they are not hkol.v to hind themselves down for Mich’ a lengthy period to maintain a service which mav result in a. loss. — A. and N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10476, 5 January 1928, Page 5
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