PACIFIC AND PANAMA.
. (INGBEAISfeb 'TRADE- ROUTES. ' LONDON, April 30. The fourth centenary of the discovery of»tWe «Paoific Ocean was celebrated by the'Sßov&l^eogr^pMcal Society on Mon- j day. An interesting paper was read by j Sir dements Markham, the well-known explorer. In a leading article on the subject, the Tmjes sayfe: "Th 6 routes of the Pacific* Ocean hftye gained enormously m. importance during recent times. Firstly, by the development of countries and atujae*,, ta. , • development which foreshadewg a complete shifting of the commerciai* balance ofpower. Thenj by the oj*enjsg,of .the Panama Canal, European coutttries will gain increased facilities of intercourse. ...■_._ 1 "Tlie^United Spates will be the chief Y^amer by an enterprise which will make the voyage from Australi* "to New York shorter I&an that to London."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13069, 8 May 1913, Page 9
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