LIGHTHOUSE DUES.
’■■■ • - •• WHALERS’ EXEMPTION REFUSED. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT, Received Nov. 4, 2.55 p.m. HOBART. Nov. 4. Considerable irritation is felt at Hobart at the alteration in the Commonwealth lighthouse dues regulations, taking exemption away from whaling mother ships and store ships. This lias forced the sailer “Sir James Clarke to omit this port, which was to be visited for the purpose of shipping men. It is pointed .out that the ship’s visit would relieve to extent the serious unemployment position among watersiders, and that if this voyage is successful, the company will now pay over £SOOO to the New ; Zealand revenue instead of the Australian.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 November 1924, Page 7
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105LIGHTHOUSE DUES. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 November 1924, Page 7
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