Letter from Australasian Steamship Owners' Federation advising Melbourne is no longer a closed port
Date4 August 1914
Object numberANMS0775[358]
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 'Melbourne.- The Navy Office inform me that Melbourne in no longer a closed port and that vessels may pass through the heads..' and concludes 'Other ports.- The Navy Office again urge, as I wrote you yesterday that the companies should endeavour to arrange for their ships to arrive at all Australian ports for the present during the hours of daylight'.
Allan Witt Edwards
1917
