Aorangi
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No Canadian Subsidy for Aorangi
IT seems unlikely that anything will come from the renewed negotiations with Canada for a subsidy for the liner Aorangi. A Canadian Government spokesman said, on November 8, that they could not see their way clear to pay this as it was considered that Canadian Pacific Airlines catered adequately for Canadians wishing to travel between Canada and Australasia. In addition, Aorangi was registered outside Canada and had a non-Canadian crew.
It rests now with the Governments of Australia and NZ (and their willingness to pay the whole subsidy) whether Aorangi remains on the run. (It was announced in July by the Canadian-Australasian Line, which owns Aorangi, that the vessel would be with drawn from the Pacific service when she reached Sydney on January 29, 1951, if the Governments of Australia, Canada and New Zealand would not agree to pay a subsidy. New Zealand was willing to pay her share but Australia and Canada were not.)