ISLANDS STEAMER SERVICE
.•K.Vi ' v.- : . r "' wsm. LINE 'NOT; CALLING ATi TONGA. ' .-'\-vfeT ASSOCIATION:); . ;■ ' . Auckland,. May 27. ' : ' '••.Tto Iqngan-;corrcspondciit of the "Fiji. ;'.Tiinc3 " : writes.:— 1 ' It is' [reported-'that'-tho- .:/% ;\Voir,-Lino of, steamers,';which started running" , .U:, hercj'has been .bought out by -tho .Unioa;• '''•■<■-< Steam -Ship Company, aiul 'will after 'next ■ V-. ,steJamcr-call .hero' no .more. • A good oppor-.tunit-y now arises for a small steamer to ply ■■ Vavua, . and. Samoa—alinieli-riecded service." ■■■• The agents, for tho Weil' Line at Auckland ridicule .the {.suggestion, .that .the; litis had. ;beonbought "out. of • ihq- Tbngah : service'. They -statb 'that -tlio-s'tenniei's would not now call '. at Tonga':-on the San Francisco sorvico, but , ''this: decision was due. to tho Sydney Wharf , Labourers' Union, which refused to handle. . .v any cargo loaded at British possessions when the : crews' included a. number of Chinese. i To.nga was: virtually. :a' British port, and so " "'tlio Weir •steamers'.ceased to call. Although tho wharf, labourers'paction did not affect , i.steamers. calling at Apia, that being a foreign V»* port, it had been decided to omit tho Samoan ' jjort- for a while at any rate. . Next steamer ,'f- , J would call there, but after that the boats , would pass it by.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 210, 29 May 1908, Page 9
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195ISLANDS STEAMER SERVICE Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 210, 29 May 1908, Page 9
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