THE VANCOUVER SERVICE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 168, 18 July 1910, Page 6

THE VANCOUVER SERVICE.

SIR J.AMES MILLS INTER"\aEWED. NEW STEAMERS TO BE BUILT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) VANCOUVER, June 5. Sir Jame s Mills, K.C.M.G., managing director of the Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand, passed through this city yesterday. Seen by a reporter, Ml. Mills stated that it was the intention of the company to build one or two new steamers for the run to this coast. He could not say definitely whether would be more than three operated on this route, all would depend upon the amount of business offering. At present the steamers were very busy, tarrying full loads of passengers this way, and there was also considerable freight offering. If this increased, as it was expected by everyone it. would, they would need more steamers than were at present engaged in the business. Sir James admitted that arrangements were being made with the Matson Steamship Company to transfer passengers at Honolulu. This would be a great convenience, he thought, for passengers wishing to go to California, as many Australians did. The time was now come when it was necessary to give passengers the most convenient routes. Business everywhere being on the increase, necessitated steamship companies doing every. thing in their power to please their patrons. This had always been the aim of the Union Company, and to this lie attributed much of the success of the company.