The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-01

which appears to indicate that the Pa
cifc Mail Company is going to make the /
fight against the new service, over the /
head of Mr. Pearce OF Glasgow:
Charles Creighton Esq, Resident Agent
for New Zealand.
DEAR SIR: We beg to acknowledge your
favor of 18th instant, in which yoa-state
that acting under instructions from your
Government you have notified the Post
Office here and the Mai. Agent to ship all
such mails on the s. ). Alameda.
We are instructed to protest against this
action and to notify you that we shall hold
the Government of New Zealand response
bic for the failure TO deliver the mails to 5.
S. Zealandia, in accordance with the con
tract. Yours, truly,
(Signed) WILLIAMS. DIMoND & Co.,
Gen1 Agents Pacific Mail 5. S. Co.
When the City of Sydney brought the
news of the withdrawal OF the two Brit
ish ships from the Australian mail ser
vice, and the establishment of an oppo-
sition line to the Colonies, we suspected
that it was part of a scheme planned at
the headquarters of the Pacific Mail
Company in New York The above cor
respondence proves that our surmise was
correct, although of course we were well
aware that the general agents of the
Pacific Mail Company were endeavoring
to influence public opinion in Sydney
against the new line, and that an attempt
was also being made in the Morning
Herald, " the leading paper in that city,
to create an impression that the Colonies
had treated the company in question
unfairly, and that it was deserving of
compensation. A similar attempt was
made at the other end of the line, but
far more clumsily, as Messrs. Williams,
Dimond & Co. bluntly gave away the
whole business.
The opposition steamer service there
fore resolves itself into an attempt to
"bulldoze'' the New Zealand Govern
ment and the new contractors into buy
ing off the Pacific Mail Company, and
this after it had declared its fixed pur-
pose not to tender again for the service.
The truth is, the Pacific Mail Company
has no claim against New Zealand either
in law or in equity, and Mr.. Pearce's
participation in this business must be
surprising to those who understand
what straightforward and fair dealing
means.
But in view of this revelation, how are
we to read the announcement of the local
H., -,
And how can those who allege that Mr..
Pearce was not party to the "sell OUT
of the Pacific Mail Company to the
Oceanic explain the action of Messrs.
Williams, Dimond & Co? They do not
pretend to say they are acting for Mr..
Pearce, but they do say that they are
acting for the Pacific Mail.
And this brings us to the point of the
competitive lines outside the question of
transporting the mail which is settled
The performance of the Alameda on this
trip, compared with that of the Zea-
landia, shows her great superiority over
the latter. Moreover, it has been dem
onstrated by her that freight can be
handled more expeditiously here than
at most other ports. One thousand tons
of cargo were discharged and five hum
,dred tons of coal taken on board within
twenty-four hours, the Alameda sailing
this morning about 6 O'Clock. 1t is the
dq 1Iy On UuS- merchants and travelling pub
lie to encourage and support the Oceanic
Company because of its superiority and
| great local advantages.