A NEW SHIPPING SCHEME.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 634, 11 October 1909, Page 7

A NEW SHIPPING SCHEME.

P. ■ AND , 0. COMPANY; TO. TOUCH NEW : ' • ■■•;•■ -ZEALAND.' , '- V ! , ■;.' AUCKLAND. THE PORT. bp. CALL, inr. l-eiwfiph.-'i'fM, (Rec. October 10. 5.5 p.mV . ■:'iri-<*■■■*■'<■.*■ ~ ■' s Y& n Wi October 9.:. .The P. ani O.; Company; hes' decided that thoir stoMners, (lu,r>»g Fobrnary, March, and April noit, shall continue ; th'n' outward voyagefrom_ Sydney, to Auckland, -returnini; to bydney thence Homewards.- , ;.;'. .; :-, ; . ; ] The P., and O;'-. Company / came .'into' existenco when the Peninsular Company was founded in, 183(,-although stoame'rs which the latter. company owned ha'd , "iibt , Uia,lly' ning to the Spanish Peninsula a year or two prior, to.that .date., In. 1840..the compahy was expanded into ..the 'Peninsular" and, Orioiital Steam Navigation Company , ,' being- incorporated by. Royal 'charter. Its: : jubilee, there: I.9rc, occurred, .in' ; lfiß7,''fthd ; the - -event' 'was signalised by: tho building',,of the . steamers Victoria,, Britannia; Oceaftai .'and Arcadia,' each 'abont: 6500. tons.. Within the last few years the.company- has added to its • already largo fleet eight; splendid, vesjols of. tie • M class. Another.;important event; in', the his. Tory of ;the, company. is its' 'decision to "extend it« trade to New-Zealand, and for that purposo' tho steamers Malwa,'-'Mongolia, ' and Morea have heeni. told off for; the -purpose of making: Auckland the first'port of.aeparhiro on the Homeward voyaco. L Particulars of tht sailings for February, March,' and -April next are advertised,in,,this issue/ !•■':■,; : . ■