The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1914. A SHIPPING DEAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1914, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1914. A SHIPPING DEAL.

Writing at the beginning of January the London correspondent of a leading provincial journal says the announcement that tour shipping companies engaged in the Australian and New Zealand trades have decided to amalgamate the bulk of their interests under the title of" the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, Ltd., with head offices in London, was not unexpected, as .negotiations June been in progress for learly a year. It is, in fact, understood that more enterprise of the kind ivill lake place soon. This new com-, ;ino, which represents the Star, Port, [ndra, and Tyser lines, will have at its immediate disposal, twenty-live modern vessels of LG6,870 tons gross, nit additions will be made to the fleet rom time to time in accordance with raffle requirements. There has of | ate been a big expansion of Austral-!

isian business, and, in view of the emoval of the duties upon the importation of meat into the United States, ! ! is believed that the possibilities ol lovelopnient are enormous, while it i> ulso probable that the transport of emira.Hs from Europe will in future be >n a much large,- sra |e. All the boats uken over have cold storage space, j nit some of them carry passengers ml.v on certain voyages. Almost every me of them could, however, be equip»ed for the purpose should the necessity arise. At present they run regularly from London. Liverpool, Glasgow, ind New York to Australian and New '''(■aland ports, and it is now considered ikely that new services from Manbester and Hull will be instituted. "be annual value of the sea-borne pomnevee of ihe Commonwealth is show n '.v the latest official return to be well U excess of fl •")(), 000,000, whilst u here. is in I9(V> the entries a 1 Federal ports n>re M.L'liS vessels of (i,L'!)",020 tons, ; be lignres bad increased to 3f>7C> ves ■el- and !), I lo.d.'ii) tons in I9I:>.