NEW TURBINE STEAMER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 139, 6 March 1908, Page 9

NEW TURBINE STEAMER.

....:. ;V''/.-vv; ; './ : ;//' ; / o■/ : ; LUNCHEOM~"ON -THE ULIMAROA. :// i ;v': —j), ' HER FIRST VISIT ;TO WELLINGTON. , ;; / v TKo /fii'st jVisit: to t W6l liiigt<)n or - tho. hpw '■'steaSer/ ; TJlimarpa *.is occasibH' yesterday of a fplca■/';':.sant: arid; riotftoo^' on board. : 'to'' 1 thb./iit'yitaition' :bf ; 'Captain' T.' / : / Langley/AVebtj/bf one 'of /the 'direc-! -^;\^..i'/.torS/-bF/ : about 30 gbntleriieri |i|/^l ; /-®onij^ii^:,3> - ith.'sfiijp£»iuL^Sn : tercsts' in AYelling- : ; toq , .sat/.down'; fo/'lun'clieon. in the dining /-.'K' saloon.'/ '. ../'.,•>. *.... Z . . /;■'/ ■ /■ ■/' ■ \..V.jSir.^aiiiMr'sl»Pa,//rfa«aaiTie, director, of tho Union;;St : Ltd.', expressed. /., / ' the plcasuro'felt^X-tbbso.^-present,'.in" meeting Captain WejjJj on, such fin occasion, and m /;'viatiiig- such/!i/finb/new. ship. :.i., ; Tlio; TJlimaroa /;Aw:as>,T. t^ J i : thp''/-Hudd.^ panyj r anijj.to' tlib..-New Zealand, trade,,"and would,jidoutji,v be liiglily.'appreciated th'd-traKcliing /public;'..'. ' ■ .. '• /., • ' /•;, •.i'CapftW/'tV'jbb^sui^Wy.vtesponded.''. : -\ !: Thfefeue'sts ■ then' adjourned:'to' .the/smoking ';/ : ',/, rbßffi/M;'/: or.vi Z'f ; ; '//,' Mi -*T -M Wilford, MP , Chairman of ■. ,tho i'Wellington' Harbour -Boardy proposed ..' ;''Success/to tlio/Dlimaroa,"; coupled with the ■'/,/ nariles/ df of'- tho'/Ulimaroa,' and Mr. G. AV . 1 Jottes. 'New Zealand manager '/' : :// fnr the'irHiiddart-Parkei' Proprietary, ; Ltd;... '/;-;./ Mr.';'W{j|prd;;refprtbdan/eulbgistio- terms -to ' ,ttio progress madd r bv. the • Huddart-Parker to'; 1 . -.(• "trado-during the past .ten-iyears;' "Ho stated : -:1597-.'tho Company had;three vessels ■;■''■•- 'V,coining to this port,.aiid in 1007 four; vessels./ .I''; : ' 1897. they/madb 50 ; trips,, and in; 1907.74 V, .^trips, ./an increase'/ of j.,50; , per : .cent; / .Their, I ./;/' inwa;rd-cargo in'lß97.'anibunted to' 5746 tons, ' and their putwarci/c'argo, to 5345 tons; total, ■ ' ll,09T:/tbn§.;'/: /Last'; year/ the /ihtvard . cargo ./w'a5\:;32,522-/;fens./ancl-sthe/outward ,14,843; /.'/''making,Obtal/bf/47;3(35't0n5.,. /.That:- wa's/a' . //- ' very/larpjo ;incrbaso/tb;-b'e..tiiade./iri/so,/shprt,a :. /■, ; /him'-'tb X;: /dwell /on; .by/ the. /o/Coffip^riy;/;bec^se^tbfiy^qrb:;'sb' : "tfell'illus-." / /trated Jby-. that/Ship', whit'h : would, be ,a valii-. ablb. addition/to/ths, vessels coming to- this' -/He/could; and 1 .. Mr! Jones that' tho'gentlemen 'present had /much/pleasure iri congratulating them oh the /. advent of/such an.excellent yessel;/-Speaking ; -as Chairman .'of'the-Harbour, Board, .it might; • /. hot-ibe' but.-of ;placb/for-hirii/to;;touch'-'uppri /.the"- progress'- ofi-the .port, during-the; period: V 1: . already, /mentioned." ;In 1897, the goods ' . ' '/- passing' l over: tlie. wharves ■ amounted to .'■ /;.' 7394,837jtotiS) v and: : 'over"iloo'/per cent. Tlie revenue of tho ■Harbour .Board -in 1897 • : was/ £66,954, ; and - last year it ./had risen to 1'• £152i376.'''V'The:workrag(.expenditure for,;the ■ -"'Bairie'.it^b.'^"years/was; '£feo,W:l:(arid r;£120,047" ' respectively. '' -Tho Board's toi;al iassets in, '/:;// ■ ;1897/were' £353,803, '/and/its'. .public debt ;was. ..' •; ' €2Oo,dopi Ueavmgla/ ,qf j' £153,803 > .to 1 / /--/ he/good/;^jliast.\year Tassets.. were--1 JB6B,Bi§j ; ;ivith/ : ah iridebtediiess/of £542,000, ■ balaiico'Mbeingf':'£32fi,Bl9;',..;'.Mr.i;Wilford included by. expressing tho hope that Caphin V-llie and Mr;, Jonos,,would,long con- './•; : ,?tir.lxe.' /c--,a:Ssist,;thb'',Cpinpany'iri : ;.m more progress ' : - Captain Wyllie. briefly responded.i I■■ '■' Mrr.o. Y/. Jones &id,ho hoped'.that those i .- •esont iwould 'when they.-had. in-, spec .ed the! ship, that- the. Huddart-Parker i • Company shared'.that firm confidence, in .the future:; the Dominion- which the TJniou i - Stei-'msjiip Company/had shown for. so r many j ears; ".'ln.'that .a-espect his own Company: ' had been tshindhand; but tho advent, of tho TJliraaroa' as proving;,that tho" .HuddartrParker; -Proprietary;, '/; ahead. : -Ho trustbd.-.tliai , tho public would:.take the, / \ new/ ship-as,;a|' v indicatioriythat;;tlie/,Cbmpan . had; inade;*up"its .mind: to do utsvfull share in; catering for their convenience. Finally, . Mr. Jones proposed, "Success to tho .Union Steamship Company " r Sir Jitmps :Mills; ;in -responding, referred ■ ' ■ to the. v 'pleasaniycnaraoter;^f:"tho. Y re^fitions. • that ''hao^alwaj[s...'ezisted''betweenj' : tthe; two • /' conujarii^^^e.'.'H'^s/glail/ta-hear/frO^ Jones"' Such, an expression> of m the .future of the ■ Dominion, and ho hoped that the. Huddart-Parker'Company and the good: ghip:.Ulimaroa, would long prosper. . ''llr.'.i'.r.AVj;-.' 1 :-^A';,; /Kennedy,l'*'-the'V-iWellingfajn- ..-.'- manager; of|the*|Ciiion; Company; /also' "briefly responded.' 'He said that his personal rcla; '/ /'tions^'.with .-/the. Huddart-Parker Company had' always been : extremely pleasant,' and especially so.sinbo'Mr.: Jonos had. been-managing their business here. •-He hoped it would be ; /loriglbefbre> ; ,tiibsb' 'pleasant lease i , ' After visiting- other 'parts of ..tho ;>ship, / ifhich'.-. ! yere''gr'eatly/admired, r j.the ishoro.' ' ,