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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6578, 16 December 1882, Page 4

Av advertisement which will be. found in our coliimnn to-day, all'orJs oilijial contirlnatiiin of ihe reports which have been current duriti:; the past few weeks, respcctiii!; thu intention uf tho Xo.v Zealand Shipping C''i:iji;»i;y to establish direct steam communication between London and Xcv.- Zealand. It is no.v announced that, tho IJriuaU Iviii a ma jr.iliceiit nnd fnli-poweied steamer of :;fi,j'J inns ret;i»ter, will leave London on the liOtli "f nex; month for Wellington and Lyttelron. and that arrangements have been made for a regular monthly service of steam to dillorent porta in the; colony. The length uf tho passage is not expected to exceed foi'ty-livo daya, ;i period which, in comparison with tht! time occupied by a sailing vessel, appears incredibly shore. Kauli of tho company's steamers will be. specially iitted up with refrigerating chambers, so ns to be suitable for the rapidly developing frozen meat and produce trade, nnd there is littlo doubt thntthey will giveanimmeusestimnlus to this important colonial enterprise by ensuring quick and regular conveyance of cargoes to tho Homo markets. It is impossible to overestimate the substantial advantages which are likely to accrue to the colony from the step which has

been taken by the New Zvaland Shipping Company. The value of :i direct 9«rvice between this country and England is universally admitted, and the establishment of 32ch a service cannot f-iil to be productive of incalculable benefit to both the commercial and general interests of the colony. It 13 al3i a matter for congratulation tha* to a colonial cimpany, unassisted, by Government subsidy or extraneous ai i, belongs the credit of iniii.v.ini; a step which \re believe i< destine! to prove a prominent land mark in the history of the colony. There need be no d juLie ;ls to the success which is likely to reward their foresight and enterprise, lijt.with3tin.jing the enormous outlay of capital involved in the undertaking. It requires no prophetic instinct to know tha." before Sevr Zealand will occupy a fur more conspicuous position amoiy the Australasian colonies than she does at present, and that a steady flow of population from the Old Country will soon set in towards her lair '.ind fertile shores. The cl iss of steamers which the company intend on their nr.f service will, we believe, be not only larger, but in other respects superior to tho3e at present in the C.ilifornian mail service, an.l wiil no doubt attract the vast bulk of the passenger trailic to the colony that now tillers through Australia. The spirited action of the company will necessitate some alteration in the plans of the Government in regard, to the proposed subsidised service. The line wilose establishment they auuouuw to-d.iy renders unnecessary th-j outlay of public in mey sanctioned My Parliament last session, but at the same tune it is not improbable that the Government may deem it advisable to eifeet 3ome arrangement with the company. Apart, however, from this, the new service is creditable to tiie public spirit of the company, and the news of its establishment will be receive 1 with the utmost satisfiiction by the colony at lar b -e.