QUEENSLAND STEAMERS.
THE TORRES STRAITS
SERVICE.
By Telegraph.—Press Association—Copyright. London, September 10. Mr. Kidston, Premier of Queensland, has sailed homewards. He has completed arrangements with the British India Steam Navigation Company for a steamer service through Torres Straits.
. The company receives a subsidy of £37,000, and provides a 35 days' service between London and Thursday Island, steamers to run monthly, commencing in October, and to call at Cairns, Townsville, and any other port which offers 150 tons of cargo.
The return trip is to be made via the Cape.
Uniform freight rates are to be charged from all Queensland ports, and the steamers engaged in the service will be of 5500 tons register.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13583, 12 September 1908, Page 5
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