SHIPPING SERVICE
(Australian Press Association)
(Received tin’s day at 11 a.m.)
SYDNEY, April 2-1
The aiiiiouiiiciifeiit that a passenger shipping service, will he* established shoYtly between Melbourne. Hobart and BlulF, was made by Sir Walter Lee, Minister ot Lands and \7 rks in Tasmania. who arrived by the Uliniaroa. Fie said negotiations with Sir Joseph Ward had not proceeded enough, to make a definite statement. A good deal depends on the attitude of the Victorian Government. Some form of subsidy would have to be provided to induce the shipping companies to run the service. The main advantages of the scheme would he to dispense with transhipping. If it wore decided to establish the service the New Zealand Government woiiut probably call for tenders. The service would be fortnightly and vessels would run from Bluff to Melbourne, to Holmrt and back to Bluff. There was a possibility of mails also being carried.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1929, Page 5
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