The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-17
WATERFRONT NEWS

ships from Sydney to Vancouver. via
Honolulu. gave out the following inter
view in Vancouver, June 6. regarding
new boats and a continuation of the
services, as follows:
Nine wears have elanspd since the
establishment of the steamship service
between Canada and Australia. The
present contract was recently renewed
Tor another year, expiring in July. 1911.
BIDS for the new service will be re-
ceiTed at Ottawa up to November l
next. The company now earns a wear
ly subsidy of 1886, 600 from the Domin-
ION government and $4,000 yearly
from the Commonwealth of Australia
and Fiji
~ shall not know the conditions
imposed by the Dominion government
until l reach Ottawa. However, have
advices that the Dominion government
is seeking tenders for a monthly ser
vice from Vancouver providing for the
making of Auckland, New Zealand. a
port of calfs 1t is also receiving bids
for a direct service between Vancou.
I yer and Australia as at present
| mail contract has never been entered
| into for long period, but has been
renewed from year to year, 7 think the
| company can claim credit for main
! tanning a very efficient service The
Makura, Mariana and Manula, now on
| the route, are very fine vessels The
| latter viii shortly be replaced by a
| better steamer. | mention these facts
| to show that we have been doing the
j best we could in placing better boats
| in commission from time to time de
| spite the uncertainty of the tenure of
our mail contract, and [ hope this will
entitle Us to consideration at the hands
! of the Ottawa authorities in the nego-
tiation for any future agreement. Trade
! between Canada and Australia, while
not growing by leaps and bounds, Is
making steady progress.
Sir james founded the Union Steam
shin Company thirty years ago. Today
It owns a fleet of sixtyive steamers.
China a Little Late
According to the wireless message
from the Pacific Mail steamer China
in Yesterdays Advertiser, that liner
will not put in an appearance from
| Yokohama until Sunday morning. The
China was expected not later than Sat
urdav. She viii be dispatched on the
afternoon of Sunday for San Francisco,
taking about twenty-five passengers
from Honolulu and the mails. The
China viii dock at the Alakea wharf
Manchuria on the Way.
The Pacific Mail liner Manchuria has
left Yokohama for Honolulu and San
, Francisco, and will arrive here about
; June 25. The liner has 1900 tons of
t cargo for Honolulu and room for about
one hundred and thirty passengers from
Honolulu for the Coast. This indicates
that suddenly the great wave of travel
from the East to the Occident has
! broken. and that the liners will here
, after have plenty of room for passen
gers out of this port. This will give
relief during the summer months, but
, by September and October the accom-
modations viii gradually be lessened
and there may be the same old story of
insufficient room to accommodate those
who want to return to or leave for the
Coast
Shipping Notes.
The British steamer Henley departed
at noon yesterday for Comax, B. Q
The Henley arrived here June 6 from
Newcastle with cargo of coal for the
InterIsland company.
Missourian Brings Gin.
One Of the principal items of thu
manifest of the American Hawaiian
j. freighter. which arrived yesterday fore
noon from Seattle, was consignment
of nineteen hundred eases of gin. Thu
0 freighter brought a good sized cargo o.
O freight from New York, via Tehuan
tepec. San Francisco. Tacoma and Seat
Q tie The freighter will be dispatched
. for Port Allen. Kahului and Hilo OIL
Sunday evening. dropping off freigh
at each port and picking up sugar tt
9 complete a l2.000-ton cargo for Salin;
Cruz.