The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30
CANADIAN AUSTRALIAN
LINE FOR SAN FRANCISCO

The Colonist of Victoria of January
II, contains the following:
"since the recent withdrawal of the
Canadian subsidy to the Canadians
Australian line there have been many
rumors af1oat concerning the Austria
liam service. One is that, unless the
decision to withdraw the subsidy is
reconsidered an arrangement will be
made to include San Francisco in the
ports of call. There are now two regu-
lar lines of freight steamers which ply
to British Columbia and Puget Sound
from Australia and New Zealand, one
maintained by Andrew Weir & Co. in
arrangement with the Howard Smith
Company, Of Australia, under the
name Of the Australian Mail line,
which gives a monthly freight service
and a regular freight service with
chartered steamers maintained by ].
j. Moore & Co. The steamer Oriana,
now on the way to this port and VAN
couver with large cargo from Aus
tralfa including the largest consign-
ment OF frozen mutton ever sent to
British Columbia consigned to P
Burns & Co., is stated to be the first
steamer of another service TO connect
this coast with the antipodes TO be
known as the Commonwealth line
These all include San Francisco. The
majority of the steamers We're placed
IN service since the abandonment of
the Oceanic line from San Francisco.
Following the withdrawal of the
Oceanic line, which connected San
francisco with Australia via Honolulu
Apia and Auckland, it is reported from
san francisco that an arrangement is
pending whereby the Oceanic COM
pany's steamers running to Tahiti win
connect at the French island port in
the South Pacific with steamers from
Australia and New Zealand The Uni
ted States consul general at Auckland /
IN recent report 10 his government
writes at length of the opportunities
for gaining New Zealand trade, which
is now being lost to the United States
as a result of the dfscontinuanc.. of |
the Oceanic service, and he says:
IF the United States wishes TO Sc |
cure the important advantages men |
toned ii should act before a permanent |
satisfactory service shall have been es-
tablished via Vancouver. New Zealand /
is not getting the accommodation it /
needs, for the Vancouver service is /
slow, does not touch at Auckland. and /
mail connections have to be made via /
Fiji outward and sydney inward Since |
th7 withdrawal Of the Oceanic line /
there have been many complaints from /
the merchants of Auckland and other /
parts of New Zealand Now that the /
boats have been taken off 1t is real |
ized that more strenuous efforts should I
have been made to retain the service. /
That the merchants Of Auckland are I
anxious for better mail service as /
soon as possible was evidenced at a
recent meeting of the Auckland Cham I
Der of Commerce. 4 motion was car /
ried that the chairman be empowered |
in the name of the chamber to make
representations to the government In /
the direction of securing an improved /
service
a service such as has been descrfb-
I'd, making it possible TO make the yoy-.3
age from London to Auckland in twen-
Ey-six days. and from San Francisco
to Auckland in sixteen days. would 4
have 10 be subsidized to guarantee the
owners from losing money at the4
start"