The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-02-08
WAITS IN A
NAME, ANYHOW?
Miowera, Alias Maitab viii. Make
Another Series of Farewell
Visits to Port.

The steamer Miowera, under another
name and overhauled, but still the old
Miowera, is to come from Australia,
leaving on February IA, in the place of
the Aorangi. The New Zealand Ship
ping Company, which holds its interest
with the Union Steamship Company, in
the Canadian. Australian, has determin-
ed to place the Natal, which name is
Maori word meaning "hard as iron,'
in the service, pending arrangement for
another vessel. The Miowera will be
no improvement upon the Aorangi.
New Zealand is continuing the effort
to have Auckland made port of call
of the Canadian-Australian liners and
failing direct service to have con-
Meeting line to Suva, making close con-
nections with the steamers running be-
tween Sydney, via Brisbane and Vic
toria. The matter was taken up in the
New Zealand house of commons shortly
prior to the sailing of the Moana from
Sydney. Sir Joseph Ward is hopeful OF
securing close connection at FIJI with
the Vancouver steamers, but the cost
appeared excessive. He had seen the
managing director of the Union COM
pany with regard to the two steamer
services between Auckland and FIJI, but
it was apparent that the cost would be
excessive. The extra cost of steamer
connecting between FIJI and Auckland
would be $4,000 year additional. An
attempt had been made to again es-
tablish line between Auckland and
San Francisco, but there was no sub
sidy granted by the American govern.
ment to steamers not on the United
| States register. The subsidy required
would be from fS0,000 to 100000
which was prohibitive. He knew that
at the old rates on which the former
line ran there was no hope of the
Americans or anyone else taking up this
service, the loss having been so great
unless there was a subsidy of the
amount named. 1t was almost certain
that the United States congress would
soon pass the shipping subsidy bill, anc
if it passed there was reason to believe
that the old Oceanic mail company o.
some other company would run lin'
from San Francisco to Sydney vii
Auckland He thought, therefore, tina
the time was approaching when ther
would be a steamer service running
, again between Auckland and San Fran
, cisco. A great deal depended upo
what the United States government die
! 1t was intended to maintain the five
weekly service to Tahiti. As long a
the Mariposa continued to run betwee
. there and San Francisco, it was thei
business to provide facilities for senc
l ing letters direct to the United State
The delay at Tahiti with the inwar
mail was because the Mariposa had
o be four days off Papeete. He propose
VI to obviate this by arranging for IL
: Auckland Tahiti service being tiv
II weekly instead of four-weekly. TIL
would obviate the delay in the inwal
t mail, and the Wellington Tahiti steaI
e er would be timed to reach Tahiti iu
e before the Mariposa sailed for Sa
J. Francisco. The outward mail wou
n thus 90 from Wellington, and the i
e ward mail would naturally make Auc
o land the first port of call. If such
II arrangement could be made, and
/ was negotiating with the Union Steal
ship Company about services to Tahi
it was proposed to divide the subsit
J. between the Wellington and Aucklal
-e services. giving $4,000 year to eac
d This would only be temporary servic
4 as it was to be hoped that they won
n have through service via Honolul
y with fast and up-to-date steamers ru
1t ming. From information as to VIII
30 America was likely to do, the prospec
were distinctly encouraging that b
* fore long the country would again ha
in the benefit of the fastest service pc
10 sible to the Old Country, via Ameri'
The amount of estimated postages
y the various mail services: San Fra
he cisco via Tahiti f2,452, Vancouver 6
ne O76. Suez fl3,S23, total fl9,S5l. Agair
n this the cost of the Suez services, 81
n 600 for the Union company and $40
as for the Huddart-Parker company, a
Mt the cost of the Fiji services, f4,4'
s. made total cost of between $3.50
ne and f27 900.
C, H. H. WALKER TO