TRADE WITH THE ISLANDS
A DISPUTED CONTRACT,
(Received 1.30 p.m.) This Day. The Burns-Philp Company’s contract for Pacific Islands shipping, at a subsidy of £50,000 per annum, expired at • the end of January, but is being continued pending inquiries as to the and advisableness of extending the> service from Melbourne instead of Sydney. Shippers complain that under the present conditions they are ‘ placed at a decided disadvantage compared with , Sydney traders, and could develop profitable trade with the islands if Melbourne were made the terminal port.—A.- and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 23 February 1926, Page 4
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88TRADE WITH THE ISLANDS Northern Advocate, 23 February 1926, Page 4
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