DIRECT HOME STEAMERS

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13147, 31 August 1914, Page 1

DIRECT HOME STEAMERS

ALTERATIONS IN EASES AND , TIME-TABLE, WELLINGTON, August 21 With the partial dislocatkn of the Now Zealand-London direct steamship servico consequent'upon several of the steamers having been securbed by the 'Government as troop ships, the timetables of tito; New Zealand Shipping Company and the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company have been affected to some-extent. Owing to tlic Riiapchu having been chartered by the Government, there is no August stwuner for-London direct, and the. taking over of the Arawa and Atlienic. willmake the Corinthic. the first of the Shaw-Savill 'steamers to leave New Zealand.since the outbreak of the war, and th(it vessel is not timetabled to leave Wellington until Octo- , ber. ! A general'increase ii| .fares and freights will-also be.made, the addition being equivalent to 2o per cent. The - new stale will be brought into operation ■ .with (he Roiniiera, which is to sail from i Wellington, on September 2-1. The following table shows the new fares, in comparison with those at j>resent charg- ; etl,,'tlig''minimum rate for each class boJug given;- i Old ■ New ■ fare. ' fare. • £ £ s. Saoon (single) .. .... 04 80 0 Pirst saloon (rotuni) . .115 144 0 : Second saloon (single) )18 47 10 Second saloon (return) . 15(5 . 82 10 Steerage (single) 11) o;j jg Steerage (return) ' ;M . 42 "10 : The freights are also to be ailvaiiced during the present mouth, but the iter .scale has not yet been completed.' /