STATE-OWNED STEANERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8115, 21 May 1906, Page 3

STATE-OWNED STEANERS.

V'v,, ,J - fceeived'2o,lo.2o a.m> ' Meliioubne, May I!). The Labor members of the Shipping Commission regard the arrangement made by the New Zealand Government ~, fqr the shipment of .Government goods by the West of England service, as a atrong argument in favour of the establishment of a Federal Government owned lina. of steamers, to convey the mails to and from England.

APPROXIMATE COST OF VESSELS.

Received 21,1.12 a.m.

Milboubne, May 20.

As the result of inquiries made in London, Mr Coghlan has informed the Federal Mail Services Commissi! n that the estimated cost of a steamer of the type of the Mongolia or Macedonia, provided with facilities for perishable products, range from three hundred and thirty-five thousand pounds for a sixteen, knot vessel, to four hbndred alii sixty-six thousand for a twenty knot vessel, while the additional cost, if fitted with turbine machinery would range from two to five thousand, according to speed. The cost ot a firstclass intermediate steamer, used mainly for cargo and perishable goods, ranges from two hundred and eighty-two thousand for a fourteen knotter, to three hundred and eleven thousand for a sixteen knot boat. The information is apropos the proposal to establish a Commonwealth line of steamers.

KMRIT KEWAKDBI) Bi UOUK'I OF

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