U.S.S. CO.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1136, 17 March 1910, Page 4

U.S.S. CO.

SIR JAMES MILLS INTERVIEWED.

I'EH PRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, March 16. Sir James Mills, managing director of the Union Steam Ship Company, arrived in Auckland by the P. and O. liner Mongolia from Sydney to-day. In 'the course of an interview, Sir James said there was nothing now to chronicle beyond the staemeiit- made b yhim in Sydney a 'week ao-o, to the effect that the company has decided to replace the wrecked Waikare with a vessel of the Marama type, and to have her running next summer. The company had also purchased the Ca-nadian-Australian mail steamer Aorangi, and intends holding her as a reservo steamer. The New Zealand Shipping Company, since laying up the Aorangi last January, has had no further connection with the 'Sydney-Vancou-ver service, and this line will in future bo carried on entirely by the Union Company with its own steamers. The Union Company was desirous of securing a contract with the Commonwealth Government which would enable them to place the Vancouver service on a still better footing. Questioned iv regard to the proposed new service between Australia and London, via. South America, connecting with the Transandine Railway at Valparaiso, Sir James Mills declined to express any omnion on the subject, in view of the fact that no news of the proposition had reached him until his arrival in 'Auckland this morning. The question of distances and the possibilities of trade between_ Australia and New Zealand with Chili need to be seriously <rone into. Sir James Mills explained.^ before any definite opinion could he expressed.