SOUTH AFRICA SHIPPING SERVICE.
GOVERNMENT fiEFQSE ALL TENDERS. Per Press Association. Wellington, August 10.
Throe tenders were received by the! Government from four shipping companies for regular services between New Zealand and South African ports. The tenders were £50,000 per annum for a six-weekly service, £35,000 for a voyage every two months, and £27,500 was tho lowest tender for a six-weekly service, consisting of one cargo steamer without refrigerating space. The Premier was of opinion that tho prices were all too high and beyond the means of the colony. In fact, said Sir Joseph Ward this afternoon, the tenders were higher for the sorvices to be perform ed thin the price paid under the for. mer contract (£30,000 per annum for moathly voyages). He thought our needs would be fairly met by the service which the Tyser Company had decided to establish, This included calls at South African ports. On the Premier's recommendation at a meet[ing this morning, it was decided to de" clino all the tenders.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8179, 11 August 1906, Page 2
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167SOUTH AFRICA SHIPPING SERVICE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8179, 11 August 1906, Page 2
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