SHIPS LEAVE CAPE ROUTE
P. AND O. DECISION
CAPETOWN, Feb. 4.
Five big P. and 0. liners operating on the Cape route are to be withdrawn. They will sail in future to and from Australia via the Suez Canal, thus missing Capetown and Durban, which ports, as a result, will lose heavilv.
On the outward journey the liners frequently bunkered from 2000 to 2500 tons at Capetown, and on the homeward trip they often bunkered a similar quantity at Durban. In addition, it is estimated that at least £ISOO is spent in C apctnwn by the- passengers and crew each time a ship outers the Docks. ’
The Australian service via the‘-Cape will be carried on by the four smaller vessels of the tleet, each of 11,000 tons.
A probable reason for the change over is that millers in Western Australia have frequently complained that a better service for carrying flour and other produce to Egypt was needed. They have had on occasions to charter special steamers for this purpose. The new service will remedy this defect.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16908, 23 March 1929, Page 7
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