BLUFF SERVICE
UNION COY’S COMPLAINT. DUNEDIN, February 4. Thu Union Steam Ship Coi. state that the quantity of cargo brought from Melbourne by the Maheno has been disappointingly small. With a capacity for 2500 ticns, she has this trip only 652 tons for four ports of call, while on previous trips she had only 320 and 837 tons respectively. For the last two trips, the quantities for three South Island ports were, Bluff 93 and 40 tons, Dunedin 311 and 162, and Lyttelton 212 and 103. In the absence of sufficient cargo, states the ciompany, the passenger service she gives must entail a heavy loss even with the Government subsidy. WELLINGTON- February *4.
The Premier announces that he has been in communication with the Manager of the Union Company regarding the steamer to take the place of the Manuka on the Bluff-Melbourne service, the General Manager advised that he was in cable communication and was doing all in his power to procure u suitable steamer. *
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Grey River Argus, 5 February 1930, Page 5
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