SHIPPING PLANS
TONGA, FIJI AND JAPAN NEW SERVICE LIKELY Negotiations are in progress for the linking up of Tonga and Fiji with Japan by a new shipping service. The company concerned is Japanese, with extensive services in various parts cf the world. Negotiations are nearing Kwality, and it is expected that the service will be inaugurated soon. This announcement was made iby Mr. Y. Banno, Auckland, upon his return ’by the 'Matua, after spending two months in Apia, Nukualofa and Suva. Mr. Banno recently opened a new branch of his firm of importers and exporters in. Suva. Negotiations are being conducted by Mr. Banno, who hopes that the shipping company, which already trades with New Zealand, will incorporate the islands in the ports of call of its ships. The proposal is that the ships, after calling at New Zealand ports, should proceed to Japan, via Tonga and Suva. General cargo will be brought from Japan for the islands and cargo for Japan will consist of timber and trochus shell. A considerable amount of cargo from Japan is at present transhipped at Auckland and forwarded to the islands in other vessels.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19990, 15 July 1939, Page 6
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