The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-01-18
THE ALAMEDA.
Excursion In Sydney HarbOr-Com.
pIImentary Speeches on Board
Address to Captain Morse.

When the Alameda arrived at Auckland
she was boarded by interested crowds of
people, who expressed their pleasure and
delight at this fine vessel and her equip
ments At Sydney similar interest was
excited by her appearance. In response to
invitations issued on behalf of the Oceanic
and Union Steamship Companies, which
are associated together in the new mail
service, nearly 300 ladies and gentlemen
assembled on board the r. NJ. S. Alameda
at the A. S. \. Company's wharf at sgd
ney on the 23d of December, for the pur-
pose of going for trip down the harbor.
The following were among the visitors
present: His Honor Judge Faucet, Sir
Alexander Stuart, Messrs. Dibbs, Lyme,
Trickett, Slattery, Sir Patrick Jennings,
Messrs. Ives, Target Henson, w. Clarke,
Inghs, De Courcy browne, Bowman,
Butcher, Forsyth, ]. Davis, G. NJ. G., II.
Stephen, F. r. Humphrey, Hammond,
Copeland, Levien, VI 'CullOch, Olliffe, men,
bers of the Legislative Assembly; Hons.
S. H. Terry, \. II. Jacob, A Campbell,
w. A. Brodrlbb, NJ. l.. c. s.; Captain
Hlxson (President), Captains Jenkins and
Broomfield, Commander Linderman (of
the Marine Board), Messrs. w. G. Murray
Wildridge, K. f. Smith, H. d. Portus, B.
B. Nicoll, j. Arthur, f. Z. Rogers, w.
Neil, ]. p, w. Smyth, l. Harnett, j.
Arthur Robertson Cd. and w. Robertson),
Willis, Captain R. Crombie, Captain Johns
ton, Messrs. w. f. Martin, Gilchrist,
Irwin, Griffin UNITED States Consult, Jas.
Burns, w. A. Ackers, Alderman M'Mahon,
C. Kahlo, Irwin, ]. TAFT, G. S. Jewett,
Selwyn Smith, S. H. Lambton, c. Read,
Hon. G. A. Lloyd, Cruickshank, DIR. Gar
ran, Mr.. James NJ. Johnston, DR.. Evans,
Messrs. r. c. Want, ]. Broadbent, w. ].
Davis, Joseph q. Petre, Captain Creep. a
number of ladies were also on board.
The excursion was delightful one, and
everybody seemed to have enjoyed them
selves, according to the report in the Sgd
ney Morning Herald" A superb
luncheon was spread on board. Sir A.
Stuart, a former Prime Minister of the
Colony, occupied the chair; Mr.. Dibbs, ex-
Premier, sat on his left and Captain Morse
on his right. After the usual loyal toast,
Sir Patrick Jennings, in complimentary
terms, proposed the health of the Presi-
dent of the United States.
Mr.. G. w. Griffin, Consul for the United
States, responded. He desired to thank
Sir Patrick Jennings in the most cordial
manner, on behalf of his country, for the
eloquent tribute he had made, not only to
the President. but to the nation. He
pointed out that owing to tariff restrictions
the entire foreign-going tonnage of the
United States was now 1 200 900 tons, while
ID
carrying capacity every year. EndeavOr
had been made to have this state of affair
altered, but unfortunately without avail
He was glad, however, to see that one of
their vessels, associated as it was with the
Union Steamship Company in these waters,
had made the fastest passage on record be-
tween San Francisco and the Australian
Colonies, because it showed at once that
they knew how to build ships. A closer
commercial intercourse between the two
peoples would only follow by the cultiva-
ton of fair trade, and before this could
take place there would have to be a reduc-
ton in the exorbiant duties charged upon
Australian woods which could not be grown
in the United States. These duties were
said to have been imposed to protect the
sheep farmers but this was only pretense,
As it was for the benefit of the manufac-
turers. 1t stood to reason that when the
wooden mills were the most prosperous,
there was the greatest demand for wool.
In regard to Australia, he was delighted
that Sir Patrick Jennings had pointed out
the necessity of taking steps towards cult
waiting broader commercial relations. He
vNlo of
Australia. 1t was a richer country than
his own country. Mr.. Mulhall, the most
eminent statistician of Britain, had fixed the
earnings of Australasia as high as so per
cent, which is II per cent higher than
Great Britain. In later paper he had re-
duced them to 20 per cent, and the Chief of
the Bureau of the Statistics of Washington
had fixed it at II per cent-at all events
had given to the United States 67 per cent,
which was far below >that of Australasia.
These were high and gratifying results
which we had spread out for ourselves and
for our children, but he stood amazed at
what he was confident would be our pros
perity in the future And he longed to see
the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon
race, with the same language, the same
feee institutions, standing shoulder to
shoulder, and fighting, if needs be, a world
in arms. cloud cheers)
Sir A. Stuart then proposed THE com
bined steamship companies-the Oceanic
Steamship Company and the Union Steam
ship Company of New Zealand" These
two companies together had undertaken to
carry out the present mail service between
Sydney and San Francisco. They were all
aware that the contract which had subsisted
for a good many years with the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company came to a close
some time ago, and that new contract
had been entered into by the Colonies of
New Zealand and New South Wales with
these two companies to carry our mails
from here to San Francisco. During the
time that he had the honor of being at the
head of the Government of this country
this matter came specially before them,
and Doth himself and his colleagues felt
placed in this positiOn-that while we
would have desired, if it possibly could
have been done, to have continued the ser
vice, which was called through service.
as the steamship which left Sydney went
right through to San Francisco and vice
versa, they at the same time considered
that, as we were having our mails carried
by the other route to England, we could