THE MELBOURNE STEAMER SERVICE.
TO THE EDITOR, Sir,— A striking example of the indifference of the Union Company’s management to the passenger traffic is illustrated by the. present voyage of the 25-ycar-old steamer Manuka. This vessel left Melbourne last Tuesday. According to your shipping column in to-day’s issue she arrived m Wellington at 7 a,m. yesterday (Sunday), leaves Wellington again on Tuesday (a stay of three days). Her date of arrival in Dunedin is supposed to be next Thursday. Can any reasonable person suggest a trip such as this IS hkdy to induce people to travel by this route? * It is rumoured that this 25-year-old cr ,' 6 *? be ,shortly replaced by the hfclf 2 r'^ ar steamer Mahfeno. The history of the Maheno has been one of “hold r£L £"' ing t 0 troub]e in «ie stokehold. Does the management of the Union Company suggest that the replacing of the Manuka by the Maheno will be an improvement?—l am, etc., Traveller.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20582, 4 December 1928, Page 10
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