Shaw Savill Assists
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Southern Cross Viii
Shaw Savill Assists Mission
THE Shaw Savill line has raisj more than £2OO towards the cc of building a new Melanesi; Mission ship {Southern Cross VIS by allowing public inspections of new 20,000-ton liner Southern Crr at the Australian and New Zealae ports of call on the vessel’s last tf voyages.
It is likely that the practice w be kept up for the liner’s n«i voyage.
The reason for Shaw Savii gesture is that for 100 years t Melanesian Mission has had missi; ships named Southern Cro Southern Cross VII is tied up Sydney Harbour at present awaiti: a buyer. In addition to Numb VIII of the series the Mission . tends having another smaller btc built for work, in the islands, and) is understood that one tender H already been let to a NSW shr builder, while the other will as possibly be let there.