NEW STEAM SERVICE.
MR HUDDART’S arrangements. [Special to Press Association.] fEeceived August 8, at 8 a.m.] L LONDON, August 6. Mr Huddart has completed the arrangements for the new Colonial steam service. The new vessels will he built of steel, and will combine safety, speed and comfort. It is expected that they will bo a distinct advance on vessels usually employed for short runs. Messrs Swan and Hunter have secured the contract for building the steamers. There will bo a fortnightly service between Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, and New Zealand at first, and weekly services iu a short time. The ships will be introduced to the public by trips to the land of the midnight sun, next excursion season. The first two will be reserved for Colonial visitors to Europe. The first subscribers to the Company will be placed on the same footirig as the men who are promoting the syndicate.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9488, 10 August 1891, Page 5
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