NEW MAIL LINE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 203, 27 August 1910, Page 8

NEW MAIL LINE.

THE TJ.S. NAVIGATION j SERVICE WOT AFFECTED. " ; (By Tele S raph.-Parliamentar.v (Continued from page 5.) j WELLINGTON, this day Sir Joseph Ward, interviewed f_morning, and asked whether th. _, _ ls service law of the United States won.A? 1 : any way interfere with the ...__ ' m which had been made fo the tween New Zealand and San I said this was obviated by Xfe a port of call en route instead .fl' 6 I lulu. The coastal service law wo uW °T I apply in case of the Union 1 boats picking up passengers or __._. 1 Honolulu. In the case° of PaS at I French settlement, that law I ■Sir Joseph Ward gave further detail. I of the arrangement. "The p os iti on » I he said, "is that we have accepted til. I service definitely for one yes. 1 Within twelve months the ' fi^| tion of the new Vancouver »,,;, \ service will be definitely settled one _ f o r the other, and we shall know whetll ' Auckland is to have a tri-weekly servil in connection with the All Red ro _._,,-_! not. In any case, we would want & I continue the service with the Islands and i Papeete and this new service would take I this up." I "We have the right to extend th. 1 'Frisco service at the end of one year ! for a further period of two years, ggim I right on to 'Frisco and back, and the 1 extension as stated last night, -would 1 0111T' mean an additional expenditure of £12.500. ,'.■;■ At last we have the satisfaction of _c. ing in the position of possessing a tie. finite service of our own. If the new Canadian service includes Auckland, that will provide the quickest means of mail transit. If New Zealand is not ij. eluded in that contract, we will have to arrange for extra fast boats to _ jut on the 'Frisco run. A MODEST EXTENSION. . ~j' OF PRESENT SERVICE. J | (By Telegraph.—Press Association.)/ 1 , £5 DUNEDIN, this day. 1 1 Through running to 'Frisco will obvi. 1 ate the delays which have occurred in I transhipment at Papeete, and it is he- | lieved that the prospects of trade'be- 1 tween the Dominion and the United ■States are good, and that meat, wool, flax, skins, dairy produce, etc., will .md an improving market in America. The Steamers will run at thirteen knots, accomplishing the voyage to 'Frisco in twenty-one days from Auckland, • "and being fixed to cornect with fast _ea_ue_ on the Atlantic should deliver the mails in London thirty or thirty-one days from New Zealand. The present service, via Papeete, is every thirty-six days. This will be reduced to every twenty-eight days. The Aorangi is at present undergoing extensive overhaul at Sydney, at an estimated cost of £20,000. The llaitai • will also be taken in hand at oncejandi both ships will be fitted with 'cool chambers for carrying meat, dairy produce, and fruit. It is intended' by tha Union Company to install wireless plants 1 and it is hoped that this can be arranged on the first visit of each steamer to 'Frisco. The service is to commence, from Wellington on. October 1 9, from Auckland October 22_, and 1 from " 'Frisco-. November 16. The new setvice is _ modest extension of the present ___mg. li