LOWER WAR RISK RATES
LONDON TO DOMINION NAVY LETTER THAN 1914 (F.lec. T<4. Copyright—United Tress Assn.) (Rood. Sept. G. 9 a.m.) LONDON. Sept. 4. Tlio now department of the Board of Trade, operating for the first time since (he Great War, has published a fresh list of minimum war risk rates for oversea cargoes, the terms applying to vessels sailing on or after 11 a.m. yesterday. The rates are as follow: — United Kingdom-Australia and New Zealand, via Panama.—Outwards, 40s;
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homewards. 50s. Via Cape of Good Hope.—Outwards, 50s; homewards, GOs per cent. It is noteworthy that on August 5, 1914, the figure homewards was 105 s; The reduced rate is attributable to the greater naval strength to-day.
to the German Government. We will let your Government have as soon as possible any suggestions which we can make regarding New Zealand’s cooperation.” ' ... . •.•„ .. • Official advice of i’ne outbreak of war between Britain and Germany was contained in a dispatch received by the New Zealand Government at. 11.45 on Sunday night. This, which was signed by Ihe Secretary of Stale for Foreign Affairs, was a six-worded message: “War has broken out: with Germany.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20035, 6 September 1939, Page 9
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