THE ALL-RED ROUTE.
o BRITAIN SYMPATHETIC. COST OF THE SERVICE. Receivde 22, 4.15 p.m. Ottawa, March 21. Mr. Sifton, speaking in the Dominion House of Commons, said conversations he had had with Mr. Lloyd-George and Mr. Asquith, showed that Britain would give sympathetic consideration to any definite proposition for an All Red route. A 14-knot service required a subsidy of a million sterling, Canada paying" £325,000, New Zealand £ 100,000, Australia £75,000, and Britain £500,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 79, 23 March 1908, Page 2
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74THE ALL-RED ROUTE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 79, 23 March 1908, Page 2
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