THE OCEAN MAIL SERVICES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 24 April 1907, Page 1

THE OCEAN MAIL SERVICES.

THE CANADIAN LINE. - AUCKLAND A POET OF CALL. SYDN IS Y, Tuesday. In connection with a recent cable stating that the Canadian Pacific Kailway had decided to place two of its Orient service vessels on the Austialian line, Mr Gibbons, a representative Canadian pressman, who arrived by the i l .-. Aorangi, confirmed the information. Referring to tho development of the Canadian and Australian trade, Mr Gibbons says that much interest is evinced therein throughout Western Canada. The present steamship situation and withdrawal of the Oceanic Company's fleet being looked upon as creating an opportunity wh ch it would ba suicidal to the British lines lo neglect. Jiy the combination of the mail subsidies and general traffic hitherto divided by rival lines, there should be > no difficulty in profitably maiutaining a direct Canadian and Australian lice of steamers calling at Auckland. Mr Gibbons continued : And by utilising tho mcst modern steamships afluat the traffic would be s'imulatuil, and the time required for interchange of British mails appreciably reduced. The general cxpectacion throughout British Columbia had been that the CanadianPacific Company would, with the lapsing of the preEent mail subsidy, seek to e-ter the trade on its own account, p obably by the transfer of the Kmpie.'B njet, Wnether this course of action will be pursued, or the service contiuus in the nands of an Australaaiaa Company operating in concert wiJi the Oanadian-Paiific Company, is, Mr Gibbons thinks, immaterial. The mail;' Jjsue is ripe for the substitution cf Jirger, faster, and more modem vessels, with whicb the tr. da would speedily Le ponsiderablv expanded.