New-York tribune., 1920-12-25
Australia Makes
Marked Increase
I'm Ship Services
Government Line Operation
Considerably Extended;
Canadian Merchant Ma
rine to Run 4 Steamers

Increased foreign trade for Australia
is expected to result from the greater
supply of ocean, shipping now avail
able
According to q report from Consul
General Thomas Sammons at Mel
bourne, the outstanding feature in
connection with Australian shipping
has been the shortage of tonnage to
carry Australian products overseas.
On account OF this shortage, he says,
Australia has been largely excluded
from the heightened trade activity
which has been noted in other coun-
tries, and its shipments of primary
products have been considerably post
poned pending the readjustment of
slipping. The delivery of urgent or
ders fer machinery and other supplies
given to American and British manu-
facturcrs has been delayed owing to
the shipping situation.
Extension Of Australian shipping
services is summarized by Consul Gen
eral Sammons.
Arrangements have been made for
the resumption of the principal mail
and passenger steamer service between
Europe and Australia. Further new
lines Of steamers are also coming to
Australian ports, and in addition to
the italian Lloyd Treistino Line, the
Lloyd Sabaudo Cosocieta Anonima will
dispatch stea aNlers of its line from
Gen a to Australia calling at ports en-
route. These vessels Will be available
for back loading Of Australian produce
to Italy and the Continent.
In order to cope with the increased
and rapidly extending trade with China.
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Australian Mail Steamship Line-has
been formed, operating by way of
Philippine Island ports and Hong Kong.
Australian trade with China has always
been lucrative one, and notwth-
standing unfavorable exchange has
considerably developed during recent
years.
Sydney is the chief shipping port
OF Australia. and in spite of war diff
exceeded by only four ports in the
Fnited Kingdom namely, London,
liverpool, the Tyne and Cardiff-and
tNore IS considerable amount of re-
shipment at Sydney for the island
ports Of the Pacific. The total area Of
the port of Sydney consists Of 1A.2S4
acres, or about twenty-five square
niles, Of which 5000 acres have a
fepth Of from 80 to 100 feet.
Inc tan2dlan government merchaHt
marine, which is associated with the
Canadian National Railways, has de-
cided to extend its operations to Aus
-ralia and to rut into this trade at
least four modern steel cargo steamers.
20 rnn between Australia, New Zealand
and Vancouver with a prospect of ex-
tensions at later date. It is antici-
oatcd chat by this means the Canadian
requirements n wool and wool tops
ran be almos. wholly supplied from
Australia without any difficulty.
The operations of the Australian
Commonwealth government line of
steamers have been considerably ex-
tended during the year. Five vessels
are being built IN England for this
Inc and six more are to be built in
Australia OF II, 500 tons each This fleet
q 81 consists Of thirteen purchased
British vessels and about twenty
nine requis toned enemy vessels. Only
q omparatiycly small portion of this
feet trade regularly between Aus
tralia and Great Britain. many of these
vessels being dispatched to the Azores
South America, New York. Texas ffor
oiD, India, the Netherlands and Italy