The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-05-04
CANADIAN LINE
MAY SOON QUIT
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this. IL will mean that the steamers
plying between Australia and Canada,
via Honolulu, would be run at loss,
and sooner than incur this the COM
pany will absolutely discontinue the
line. Sir James Mills, II Is understood,
is doing his utmost now and has been
for considerable time past to avert
this contingency, but the Laborites
have so far held firm against his
propositions, one of which was, in ex.
change for the subsidy, to take off
the Aorangi, which is well alcng in
age, and put brand-new steamer OF
the best type in her place.
So it has come about that, unless
the subsidy is continued and unless
the Laborites make change in their
policy in the very near future, ca Dled
word VIII be sent out 10 oil the ager-
cies of the Canadian AustraliPn line
| If this has not already been done TO
accept no bookings later than July.
This would have quick effect, and It
is said that popular clamor in Austria
liza would not permit such a state of
| affairs to exist for very long
Besides taking away the only direct
steamship line between Austrian and
Canada, this action on the part of the
steamship authorities, who themselves
have apparently no alternative at the
present time, would affect Honolulu
materially. There is seldom a steamer
of this line which doe not bring from
twenty-five TO seventy-five passengers
both from Australia and Canada this
port. With the extra amount of travel
between here and the Northwest, which
there is bound to be during the summer
I months, on account of the Alaska
/ YukouPacific Exposition, Honolulu
J will be left in sad straits after July
if the Canadian Australian line is dis
continued. 1t will also mean the diver.
| sion of a vast amount of toutist travel
from this port. many people stopping
| over hcIe on their way to Australia or
around the world, arriving on the Cana
dian-Australian steamers.
As for the Aorangl, she is getting a
| trfle too old for this run, and her next
! voyage was to have been her last one.
any way At least, that was the orig
inal plan. She was to have been put on
| the Australian inter.island run, prob.
ably, no steamer taking her place on
| the run to Canada. via Honolulu If.
however, the Australian government is
willing to continue the subsidy, the
fight against which is now being made.
it is said that the company will place
a beautiful new steamer ON this route.
sit is absolutely true that the line
will he discontinued, said one of the
officers on the Aorangi yesterday. Gun.
less this subsidy is granted, Look at
| the Oceanic line of steamers. A noble
! effort was made, but it was impossible
to even meet expenses without some sort
of a subsidy. In consequence, the
steamers were taken of the run entire
| ", And this is exactly what will be
| done with the Canadian Australian
boats if our subsidy is discontinued.
Those big liners like the Manuka and
the Mariana cannot be run without gov
| ernmental aid, The whole thing has
I been agitated for some time past, and
now II has come to a head It's one of
two things for certain; either subsidy
and q splendid line of steamships, or
no subsidy and no steamships It's up
to the government to decide. -