SHIPPING SERVICE
NEW ZEALAND—MELBOURNE.
OMISSION OF HOBART,
MINISTER’S STATEMENT. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received September 23, 10 a.m. MELBOURNE, Sept. 23. The Minister of Customs, Mr Gullett, to-day denied that the omission of Hobart as a port of call for the new steamship service that is being established between New Zealand and Melbourne was due to the operation of the Commonwealth Navigation Act. Mr Gullett added that there was no truth in the report that the omission was due to the provisions of the coastal clauses of the Navigation Act. It was greatly to be hoped that Hobart would be included in the itinerary. for the new service would be of great advantago to the Tasmanian trade.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 252, 23 September 1929, Page 7
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119SHIPPING SERVICE Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 252, 23 September 1929, Page 7
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