B.P. Steamers

No Building Order Yet Placed

A S yet Burns, Philp and Co. Ltd. have not ordered two new steamers for inter island service in New Guinea to be built in Hong Kong or elsewhere. A statement to this effect was ma,de by the vice chairman (Mr. R. J. Nosworthy) at the annual meeting of shareholders, held in Sydney on May 14, in reply to a question by a shareholder. He said that inquiries were being made in various parts, and the company would see that all interests would be protected.

Mr. Thomas Horne, of Messrs. Walter Horne and Co. Ltd., arrived in Suva by the May Aorangi from Australia, where he had been on a business visit since December.