OVERSEAS TRAVEL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1390, 25 March 1912, Page 6

OVERSEAS TRAVEL.

J MANY BOOKINGS VIA VANCOUVER, u (By TolCßranh.—SrcclflJ Oorresoondtnt.l - Auckland, March 24. - ■ The attractions which Sydney and other ' places in Australia offer at holiday time i induce large numbers of Now Zcalandera r to journey across the Tasman Sea. This • fact is strikingly illustrated by tho booki' ings by the steamer Mahe.io, which sails 1 from Auckland to-morrow evening for f Sydney. Up to Friday afternoon 210 per- ' sons had booked passages in the saloon, - and over ISO iu the steerage. It is safo » t.i say. tint whon the Malicno sails she , will bo a. full ship. t Tho iiicreasing popularity of tho Van- > cotiver service is shown by the luct that - passengers are booking freely at Auckland by the K.M.S. Alnrniiia, winch leaves hero on April 12 for Vancouver. It is anticipated that the whole of the Marama's accommodation in all classes will be. taken up prior to the sailing date. For the J later steamers cf die line berths arc bej ing booked weeks in advance. The bookings from Vancouver for New ' Zealand and Australia aro not quite so i satisfactory as those fiflin this side of i the Pacific. Tho Makura, which soiled . from Vancouver on Wednesday evening fm , v AiU'khiiid and Sydney, has on board 140 pnr.sengors in all elates; This, however, j, is consideroil the off-seapon for liassengers j making the trip from Vancouver, and it t is expected Hint, in tho course of a Sow C months then- will be nn inei'caw in the number of passengers from the Canadian f l»rt. '■