U.S.A. SHIPPING
FASTER SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). NEW YORK, March 18. The United States shipping lines will inaugurate a more frequent service to Australia. The Amcrieiin Pioneer Line sailings to Australia will increase as irom March 30. Hie lines will also introduce, in May, faster vessels, similar to the “Lightning,” which at present is on the Australian run. These ships will reduce the present 36 days run from New York to Brisbane to 20 days. There will be
sailings from New York every 20 days, as compared with the old rule of every 40 days. There also will be alternative voyages, including stops at the Gulf of Mexico ports. This is an innovation which will add ten days -to those voyages to the Gulf Ports. The ship “Quaker City” will inaugurate this new arrangement, leaving New York on March 30. It will be followed by the “Potter” on April 20, she leaving the Gulf ’ports on April 30.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 March 1940, Page 5
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