NEW SOUTH WALES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10628, 5 June 1897, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

(Received Juno i, 10 pan.) Sydney, Friday, At the Invitation of the directors of the Ualon Steamship Company a large gathering, Including members of the Ministry, members of Parliament, and leading representative)) of commercial and financial olroles, lnnohed on board the Moana to oelebrate her addition to the Außtralfan-Amerloan service. Mr James Mills, who presided, traoed the expansion of the company, Baying tbat none In the colonies, and very few In the ,Qld Country, could equal It In importance. It stood tenth on the list of the large shipping firms of the world, and the Moana was the finest steamer in Australian waters. Postmaster • General Cook praised the pluck and enterprise of the directorate of the company, and said it waa deserving of every enoonragenjent, He favored tbe increased subsidy to the oompany, as lttc snooeaß meant oloaer union with England, Amerlos, and Aqstratia. Mr Jackson pointed oat that when tbe oompany started tbe subsidy was £37,000, and now only £4000 from New South Wales, wbloh was repaid to the Government la postage, bat it was not sufficient to tndaoe the oompany to place snob steamers as the Moana on the (Recelr6dJnfieß.ift.nl.) The aotlDg- Premier approves the City Railway Commissioners 1 report, and hopes to pass the bill thlp poßi/on,