The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-11-21
From Australia and New Zealand.

By the arrival on Tuesday last Of the A. s. N.
Co.'S steamship .Mdegregor, from Auckland. en-
route for San Francisco, we are IN receipt Of dates
from Sydney to Oct. ~, aud from Auckland 10 the
Slst We compile few matters Of interest:
Says the Southern Cross Of Auckland. Oct. %
at affords us great satisfaction 70 be able this
month 10 resume the practice Of dospatchinR our
monthly summary by the trans-pacifc route, which,
Notwithstanding many nisfortunes aud drawbacks.
has proved ifsef the best route for The transniason
Of New Zealand mails; deservedly The most popular
one for passenger traffic; and above all others the
one that possesses the most encouraging prospects,
regarded purely from n commercial point Of view.
We know very little definitely beyond the fact that
an agreement has been arrived Mt between New
Zealand and New South Wales for carrying on n
temporary service, until n permanent one Is estab-
lished; but Il Is understood that for the present all
the steamers will 60 right through 10 Sydney from
San Francisco, calling at Honolulu aud Auckland,
and in this way the employment Of branch steamers
from Kandavu will be rendered unnecessary. The
condition Of the old c~ontraot, under ihhich the main
steamers have had their terminus, Rlternativcly In
Dunedin, New Zealand, and in Sydney, will be in
sisted on by New Zealand in connection with any
permanent contract, although we think on the whole
il would have been better IL the large steamers had
been relieved from coasting service. The fact that
the magnificent steamship .MGeETegoT, (which takes
this mail, aud .Mikado, both connected with the
former contract, have been engaged 70 carry out the
temporary arrangements made by the two colonies,
is a guarantee that the ocean service will not suffer
from. any want of q suitable class Of steamers, aud
we are thus able 60 congratulate home readers upon
the termination Of a state of affairs which has proved
eAHemey LNSonssniens anu unsa,isiaciory 10 every
one 'n,eresleu IN me colony, nc less than 10 the COLO
! lnsmss'seA W. may rem9rk mat very great
ihu'gn1uoh q Dsen caused oy the intelligence OF
. Oa o'mpany nlipg ? meet Is sngagenents win
tnIOusu PassengeIs' q II ~ nopea 'nst the Victims
we learn from Sydney of the seauestration OF Mil.
Halls estate, upon writs Obtained for debts conttacted
in connection with the old line, and q suit has been
entered in the Admiralty Court there against the
Macgregor, for supplies and repairs; and ihe case
was pending when the vessel left, bail being given in
order that she might proceed on the present voyage"
New a-rrangements have been in progress for some
weeks past with q view 10 re-establishinR on a more
permanent footing. the existing Postal Service with
Eneland and America, via California IL /. mot vet
fully understood what will be the dehnite form which
the arrangements are TO assume. but we believe
whatever the details may be. il IL the settled iuten..
tim alike Of New Zealand audiNew goutH WAiAs a.
adhere TO the existing route. and on such n basis az
shall ensure permanence and suocesa-B
Hur.h d;sonsaor a.. 30. .nn.a ur.
~ nnas,ioD - Sahha,S -. -. IT, ~
= qssoHou ~ Ass opening OF
recreation on Sundays, and the watering OF the
streets of Melbourne on that day, archie chief bointa
on which the controversy now turns Extreme yiews
are advocated on both sides; some DENYING all sacred
obligation to observe tbe day-otbera laying down a
precise rule, which seems In these davs 10 he imnrao-