FRISCO-SYDNEY SERVICE.
SHIPPJXC COMPAXY'S IXTEXTIOXS. By Cubit—Press Association—Copyright. Received 20, I a.m. Sydney, October 10. Captain Sproul. representative of the Oceanic Company, in an interview with reference to the resumption of the San Francisco-Sydney service, stated that the company's steamers, Ventura, Sierra and Sonoma, are being reconstructed at a cost of a million dollars, with a view to re-starting the service. It is proposed to ask the Federal Government for a subsidy of £ISOO per trip on the basis of twelve trips a year. The steamers have a guaranteed speed of seventeen knots, and will make the trip from San Francisco to Sydney in twenty days, and also guarantee to land mails from London in thirty day;.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 102, 20 October 1911, Page 5
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117FRISCO-SYDNEY SERVICE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 102, 20 October 1911, Page 5
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