THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13391, 21 January 1907, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

ARRIVAL OF TDK SONOMA

The mail steamer Sonoma arrived from San Francisco and Island ports on Saturday afternoon, anil being granted pratiqiio iM'rlhed at Jel.iv No. 2. The Sonoma made the voyage from the Califont tan port- in 20 days 20 hours 50 millutes, including detentions at Honolulu and ]'»•>■) l'a.uo, the actual -teaming lime being 19 days lb hours 7 minutes.

The -learner had a fair number of pas--e>i"-ei's for New Zealand and Australia, there being 47 in the first saloon, 10 in the second saloon, and one in the steerage for Auckland, and 3fa saloon, 9 second saloon, and 6 steerage for Australia.

The cargo by tho steamer consisted of 2712 tons of general merchandise, of which 91'/ tons were landed at, Auckland, including 15,600 boxes of green fruit for all NewZealand ports. There wore, also two trot ling horses by the steamer consigned to Lvttelton. 'The mails by the steamer were, of the .following dates: —London, December 15; New York, December 22; San Francisco, December 28; Honolulu, January 4; Samoa, January 12- Personal notes and other interesting news from our London correspondent" "ill be found elsewhere in this The Sonoma resumed her voyage to Sydney at a-quarter past, four p.m. yesterday, and is duo at the New South Wales port on Thursday next, where she will lie docked for general overhaul. The mail steamer Ventura, with the British mails of London date, January 5, did not leave Sail Francisco until Saturday morning last, and is due at Auckland on February &■