UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
ADDITIONS TO TfiE FLEET. f frE Vancouver, service. [Fkom Ouft C'dfcßfesitosoENi.] . DUNEDIN, December 22. While at Some Mr Janiea Mills, nianagIng director of the Uhioh Bteaniship Cohv panV, let contracts tor building > new tiltbine steatoer fair the toelbOtti'heiauneeSVbn trade, a subsidy having befen secttrM from l>h£ Cp'ninioivwealth Goverhjrient. The vessel will oe thoroughly up-to-date in all Respects, and capable "of steaming- eighteen, knots an hour. A contract has also been let for a steamer for the Fiji trade, to replace the Taviwni. The new steamer Will be a good deal larger than the Taviuni, and her saloon accommodation has been designed for tropical seas, her state rooms being all on deck. These two vessels should arrive in the colony about September next. In regard to the" Vancouver service, Mr Mills says that negotiations with the Canadian Government are assuming a satisfactory shape, bat if has not been possible to mature anything, owing to the fact, that the Conttnonwealtti Government can ; 'stf&ftely ■consider the question, pemdihfr & SefepdtiSe to its advertisement* calling for tenders for mail services between. Australia And England via varioiis routes, iftiduding tfaat by way of Vancouver.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7891, 22 December 1903, Page 3
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191UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7891, 22 December 1903, Page 3
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