The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-22

W. Vincent, who went to Vancouver
some months ago to establish there a
distributing agency of news to num-
Der of Australian newspapers, was a
returning passenger to his native land
by the r. M. S. Makura yesterday.
When seen on board shortly before
the departure of the vessel, he had a
number of interesting remarks to
make regarding the success that had
attended his work and the danger
from Japan which he thinks menaces
these islands and the Pacific coast OF
the United States and Canada.
Cable Combine outwitted.
AS you know" said Mr.. Vincent,
mot so very long ago, certain of the
newspaper proprietors held the con
troll of the cables in their own hands
and they refused to suppl! some OF
the dailies as we'll as a number OF
country papers. This necessitated
those concerned in obtaining an indie
pendent service or going without VI
course, to try to conduct an independ-
ent service against that controlled by
the established lines meant very
heavy expenditure, and they could
not expect to compete, individually
1.-THE matter was talked about for
the County Press Association had
large interest in the matter, and
eventually it was resolved to form an
independent service. Vancouver IS
one of the finest distributing centers
in the world, for there all news is OBJ
tained-from the Eastern and West
ern states, from Great Britain, the
Continent and the Far East 1t was,
therefore, resolved to begin opera
lions there, and I was chosen to rep
resent the company.
eve have been successful, and on
many occasions have defeated the
other company. The death of King
Edward VII. was a scoop for us. We
beat them easily on that; the fight at
Reno between Johnson and Jeffries
was another notable scoop. The sgd
ney Sun was able to print descrip-
ton of the fight hours before the 9TH
er papers not served by us, got 1t.
OF course, occasionally they are able
to beat us with some of the English
news, because they have a direct
service from England. On the whole,
however we have more than held
our own, and the scheme has worked
out even better than we could have
anticipated
Canada Should Copy Australia.
Yes, Canada is progressing rap
idly" continued Mr.. Vincent in reply
to a question "But l think that Can
ada should fall in line with Australia
and spend a big sum of money to-
wards getting navy of her own.
Australia is doing the right thing in
getting her navy, and think she VIII
need it, too. The same remarks ap-
ply to Canada. I am afraid that she
will need it. There is no getting
away from the fact that Hawaii is
the key to the Pacific, and the United
States and Canada will have to watch
it, for there is real menace from
Japan to Australia, Hawaii and the
west coast of Canada and the United
States, more particularly, l think
Canada.
Canadian-AustraIan Trade.
81 think that Australia and Canada
should have better trade relations.
There is plenty of scope for this, for
Canada could take a great deal OF
Australian foodstuffs. I think this
could be done on a basis that would
be profitable to both countries, ana
the best way would be to have a re-
ciprocal treaty. At present, however,
the facilities for transportation are
not great enough to admit a large
trade being done, but if such an
agreement were signed, then more