N.Z-CANADIAN TRADE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12793, 11 June 1909, Page 2

N.Z -CANADIAN TRADE.

The Alley Lino Service Ceases

(Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, June 10.

Recently it was announced that the Alley Line of steamers had been withdrawn from the New Zealand-Canadian cargo service owing to the withdrawal of the Government subsidies. The steamer Indravelli, which arrived at Auckland this morning, is the last vessel of the line to be engaged in the trade, which ceases with her departure from New Zealand, for she has been fixed to load in this Dominion and in Australia. The quantity of, cargo shipped by the vessel at Vancouver was pretty considerable. For Auckland she has 250,000 feet of Oregon pine and a large quantity of general cargo, while she has 2,000,000 feet of Oregon pine and a general cargo for discharge at Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. Since the service was inaugurated three yeai's ago the Canadian shipments have always been satisfactory, but the same cannot be said of the exports from New Zealand; in fact, more often than not the steamers were sent back to Vancouver with no cargo at all, although it is only fair to state that of late a slight improvement was noticeable. The master of the vessel (Captain Pilcher) stated to-day that the antipathy to the service was all on the New Zealand side and if the Canadians had their way the steamers would still be running. The people in the older Dominion regret that the service has been abandoned. The Canadians did not want to withdraw their subsidy. They were keen on having the line maintained, but as the New Zealand Government would not continue its subsidy Canada was reluctantly compelled to withdraw its subsidy also.