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Letter from Australasian Steamship Owners' Federation advising that the port of Sydney is closed between sunset and sunrise
Image Not Available for Letter from Australasian Steamship Owners' Federation advising that the port of Sydney is closed between sunset and sunrise

Letter from Australasian Steamship Owners' Federation advising that the port of Sydney is closed between sunset and sunrise

Date3 August 1914
Object numberANMS0775[356]
NameLetter
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineAustralian National Maritime Museum Collection Gift from McIlwraith McEacharn Limited
DescriptionTypewritten private and confidential letter on Australasian Steamship Owners' Federation, Melbourne, letterhead begins 'Examination services. Sydney.- The port of Sydney is now closed between sun- set and sunrise, and no vessel can enter or leave between these hours' and concludes 'The Navy Office therefore urge that wherever possible ships should arrive at these ports within the hours of daylight and should avoid having to enter after dark'.