MELBOURNE BOAT.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20299, 8 May 1934, Page 5

MELBOURNE BOAT.

Southland Wyants Service Sooner. REQUEST TO GOVERNMENT. INVERCARGILL, May 7. The shipping service between Melbourne and Bluff and its reinstatement in November were considered at a meeting to-day of representatives of the Southland League, Invercargill j Chamber of Commerce and Bluff Harbour Board. It was by the meeting to send the following telegram to the Union Steam Ship Company and to despatch copies to the Prime Minister (Mr Forbes) and the Post-master-General (the Hon Adam Hamilton), asking for their support: “A meeting of representatives of local authorities interested in the South Island-Melbourne passenger service was held to-day and while appreciating your announcement that the Maheno will be operating in the service-, unanimous disappointment was expressed that arrangements were not being made for the reinstatement of the service at an earlier date in view of many important events taking place, including the opening of the centenary celebrations, and the Melbourne Cup. Interested local authorities of Southland strongly urge the commencement of the service in September. They would also urge your favourable consideration of including Hobart as a port of call in the service as apparently it is only a matter of applying to the Commonwealth Government for the service to operate for passenger traffic on this section of the run.”