TRADE WITH AMERICA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16123, 11 January 1916, Page 9

TRADE WITH AMERICA.

PROBABLE NEW SERVICES. SEW ZEALAND AND 'FRISCO. MONTHLY SAILINGS PROPOSED. It is announced by tho Weekly Commcra';™ of S *" Francisco, in its issue °t Decern her 11, winch came to hand bv >erterday- a mail, that Messrs. Boulder »iOUi«r» and Co., of London, have decided <* establish a new steamship service from |'-an Iraiuisco to Australia and New Zeaj and. Messrs. Maeondray Brothers and I <■"• have been appointed as the San FranCisco agents for the new line, and it seems '"at Mr. E. J. Lamb, a member of that | >". ,vas a passenger bv the Moana, winch arrived in Wellington just before i * "' -. ear, his purpose being to make the ; arrangements fur handling the traffic at |"»« cud - As Mr. Lamb has apparently I'-ot put himself in evidence at Wellington, ' the presumption is that he has gone on Sydney, to arrange his agencies there before undertaking the New Zealand part , of his mission. ! According to the Commercial News, it is intended to put high-class modern ! freight steamers .on the service, and |to have monthly sailings from either terrain. Naturally, the promoters of the •service expect to obtain freights in nie.it, wool, etc., from the Commonwealth r.nd 'Dominion ports, and bringing California!! fruit and other Pacific Coast products to antipodean shores. The vessels controlled | by the Houlder Company—better known I in this part of the world as the Federalcomprise those of the British . Empire Steam Navigation Company, •operating the "River" fleet of steamers, 110 in number; the Empire Transport j Company, operating the " Transport j fleet of 19 vessels; and the Houlder line, working the "Grange" steamers, 13 in all. No steamer has yet been fixed for the initial voyage on the new line, but the paper quoted states that this will probably be done very shortly. ANOTHER PROPOSED SERVICE. STEAMERS TO BE BUILT. News of another contemplated new service conies from Vancouver. It is stated that the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Paget Sound Railroad Company is at tho head of a combination of Seattle business men who propose to run a service from Seattle, the big lumber port, on Puget Sound,' near the British Columbian border, to New Zealand and Australia, with calls at other Pacific ports. The proposal is to build three large steamers for combined passenger and freight traffic, and it is stated that contracts for their construction are : expected to be placed with American yards within a few weeks.