FAST PACIFIC LINERS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19136, 3 October 1936, Page 5

FAST PACIFIC LINERS

SYNDICATE PROPOSALS SHIPS OF 20,000 TONS LINK WITH NEW ZEALAND (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. A powerful overseas syndicate is considering the construction of two fast passenger vessels, of approximately 20,000 tons each, for the Sydney - Auckland - Los Angeles, or Sydney-Auekland-Vancouver service. This was revealed by Mr. Brendan Dowling, a Sydney business man, who is returning from England and America by the Mariposa. As a representative of an Australian gj-oup interested in the project, and desirous of fostering the tourist trade ■between the- United States and Australia and New Zealand, Mr. Dowling has been conferring with a syndicate while abroad. While •it would be some months before a final decision was made, Mr. Dowling said, actually plans and specifications of vessels had been prepared, and details of organisation were now being discussed. It was hoped to shorten the travelling time across the Pacific, and with that end in view the vessels would have an average speed of at least 24 knots. They would be built especially to suit tropical conditions, and would provide every facility for comfort and convenience. RAPID STRIDES MADE “Rapid strides have been made in transport since my last visit oversoas about a year ago,’’ Mr. Dowling said. “The tendency is for greater speeds than those at present attained. Although the Queen Mary has made a record crossing of the Atlantic, it is anticipated that that record will be broken, and that passengers embarking at Wednesday midday from Southampton will be landed in New York on the following Sunday evening. “The railways in the United States have been speeded up, and it is now possible to cross the continent in 56£ hours of running time. “These improvements already are having their effect on the trend of tourist traffic, and it is noticeable that people domiciled on the. west coast of America are travelling in greater numbers to the east coast of the continent, and to Europe. to the proximity of such potential tourist trade, and of imJ movements in transport generally, it s of vital importance to New Zealand and Australia that the shipping services available in the Pacific should be in keeping with the most modern of international services.”

Mr. Dowling said that such was the type of service it was hoped to provide. On several occasions during the year, particularly fast runs might be arranged. “Should the Empire Governments be contemplating the granting of subsidies, ” Mr. Dowling concluded, “the opportunity should be given to the interested parties to submit particulars of services they could render.” JAPANESE RESUMPTION DIRECT SHIPPING (Elec. Tel. Copyright—Doited PreßS Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 3, 11 a.m.) TOKIO, Oct. 2. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha Company is re-establishing separate direct lines to Australia on October 25 with the Canberra Maru, and the Tokyo Mam, and to New Zealand on October 28 with the Sydney Maru, the Melbourne Maru and Brisbane Maru.