HIGHER PASSENGER RATES.
FOR P. AND 0. VESSELS. ( By Teleftraph.—PresJ Aiin Copyrl|ht ' Beceived Dec. 9, 8.55 p.m. .y, London, Dee. 8. At the P. and 0! Company's mwtltig, Lord Inelicape expressed regret at being compelled to raise passenger rata to" keep pace, to some extent, with thejpttit advance in the cost of coal, VWEW, stores, and operating expense* getMfJtlly. "But," he said, "it is not our Milt. We arc now carrying pameng«M at !m than cost. Our large passenger wrtflt now under construction will cost i%t Ift excess of pre-war figures, and it ijfil ta impossible to run them as MfMfcta units." ■ The value at which the fleet stood ft whole would bring the avenge f|ln# of these costly vessels considerably under pre-war prices. Regarding fofiop German passenger steamers, large «pm must be spent to bring them up to tSfr thing approaching British ideas of cook* fort.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 December 1920, Page 4
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147HIGHER PASSENGER RATES. Taranaki Daily News, 10 December 1920, Page 4
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