STEAMER SERVICE.
MAIL PASSENGERS AND CHIT,LED MEAT. IMPORTANT PROPOSALS. 8Y CAUL*—PHEBB ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT Received Sept. 4, 10.10 a.m. MELBOURNE, Sept. 4. Proposals for the establishment of a fortnightly fast mail passenger and chilled meat steamer sendee between England and Australia are now being considered by the Federal Government. The total capital for such a scheme wo_uld be LI ,000,000. It is proposed to build six vessels of 20,000 tons gross at an estimated cost of £'8,000,000 to be constructed in Britain as an inaugural fleet to steam twenty knots, and additional steamers for a weekly service to steam twenty-two knots at sea, and if then practicable, twenty-four knots. They will carry four hundred first, three hundred second and fifteen hundred third-class passengers. The proposals involve the payment of a substantial subsidy by the Commonwealth Government. Hie route would be via Suez.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 September 1924, Page 9
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142STEAMER SERVICE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 September 1924, Page 9
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