THE SPRECKELS STEAMERS.
ENTHUSIASM AT ROTORUA.
[from our own correspondent]
Rotobtta, Sunday. This statement- that there is a prospect that the Spreckels line of steamers will shortly be running again from San Francisco to Aucklbaid has been received here with much enthusiasm, particularly by the hotel and boardinghouse proprietors. When these steamers previously called at Auckland they brought a great many passengers who found their way to Rotorua, and it is a noteworthy fact that since the service was discontinued the tourist traffic to Rotorua-has suffered considerably. "The 'Frieco steamers used to bring us many tourists who are now lost to us," said one prominent boardinghousekeeper, and this statement was corroborated by others.
The explanation appears to lie in the fact that the route traversed by the steamers in questionfrom San Francisco to Auckland by way of Honolulu and Samoa— a much more interesting one from a tourist point of view than that via Papeete and Rarotonga. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14472, 12 September 1910, Page 5
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