Steamship Trading Co.’s New
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Papuan Mails
Steamship Trading Co.’s New Contract
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, Dec. 17.
THE successful tenderer for the Government mail contract ser vice for the south coast is the Steamship Trading Co. Ltd. The Gov ernment is making a contract for 12 months from January 1, 1932.
The subsidy in the new contract is reduced to £1,600 per annum, but an increase of 5 per cent, on freights and fares has been approved.
The vessel so employed is the Papuan Chief. Her run will be from Daru to Samarai. taking 32 days, conditions in all respects being similar to those which have been in existence for the past few years.