Passages booked for England at any Australian port are now subject to a surcharge of 7% ; per cent., to cover the' adverse exchange rate between Australia and London.- The impost docs not apply to passages booked "previously, or to passages on which a deposit-has already been paid. Announcing, at the beginning of the month, its decision to make the surcharge, the Australian,. Passenger Conference stated that it had been reluctantly compelled to do so, in view of the high cost of remitting money to the head offices of tlic skipping companies iv London,
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 132, 2 December 1930, Page 14
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93Untitled Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 132, 2 December 1930, Page 14
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