The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-07
FOR INTERISLAND
CRUISE BY TICKET
Boosters Advocate New Tourist
ROute-AuslraIla and the
Territory.

l6TTitOTy.
Percy Hunter and Alexander Hume
Ford are not letting any moss grow
under their feet in supporting the work
Of the Pan-Paeihe Congress, They have
enlisted the cooperation Of President
Kennedy Of the Inter-Island steamship
company. The directors some time ago
appointed a committee to report on
data supplied by Mr.. Ford concerning
passenger rates by wator In other parts
Of the world, and to consider a CT lise
rate Of twenty-five dollars around the
Hawaiian Islands.
It is understood that the committee
will report favorably on the inter
island cruise. Mr.. Ford and Mr. Hunter
promised Mr.. Kennedy their hearty
cooperation as intersland cruise boost
ers, if this was done, and President
Kennedy ventured an opinion that such
a cruise rate would probably result in
no financial loss to the company.
In Australasian waters there are Eve
dollars day cruises and two dollars
and a half cruises, by large and small
steamers. These Mr.. Ford and Mr..
Hunter have for some time been trying
to loop up with the Hawaiian service.
Interesting Dollar Line.
The Dollar line has been approached
with the view of installing passenger
service on the coaling steamers for
tourists of restricted means, and con-
slant correspondence has been kept up
with the Burns-Philp steamers, that run
two dollars and half day cruises,
in almost every direction, from the
Marshall Islands, two thousand miles
from Honol llu, to Australia, Java and
the Straits Settlements.
Mr.. Ford and Mr.. Hunter, by the
way, first discussed the Mid-Pacific
Magazine and its Pan-Pacific projects
at lunch, in Sydney, three years ago.
They are both today supporting the
plans of the Pan-Pacific Congress, and
those of the magazine, as indicated by
the following letter Delegate Hunter
has just sent to the head of the Burns
Philip Steamship Company;
The Booster Letter.
"Honolulu, Hawaii, Feb. 8, 1911.
."A. j. Baxter, Esq, Burns-Philp & Co.,
Bridge St., Sydney, Australia.
t'Dear Baxter:-You will see by the
heading that l have reached Honolulu
and am having a splendid time here.
am sorry that Burns-Philp has not a
line of 12,0O0-tonners crossing the Pa
cific, calling at Honolulu and going on
to San Francisco, for l am sure that
with your help we could put as many
tourists on this run going via the East
one way as now go to Europe through
the canal With the Panama exposi-
ton being held in San Francisco in
1915, the traffic on the Pacific is bound
to increase very largely and it might
perhaps be worth while for your firm
to look somewhat more closely into this
matter than you have yet done.
"However, I know that you are
warmly interested in the project which
/ am primarily here to further; that is,
the encouragement of American tourist
traffic to Australia, either direct and
returning home via the East or vice
versa. / am hopeful that the sittings
of the congress will be productive of
some considerable results along this
line.
"This is one of the most beautiful
places in the world and you might per-
haps come in contact with a good many
people who would like to vary their
route around the world and in that case
you need have no hesitation in recon-
mending them to get of the Canadian
Australian boat at Honolulu, stay a
week OF ten days and pick up one Of
the Transpacfic lines for San Francisco.
They will then have holiday of some
thing over a week in one Of the most
enhancing resorts L have ever had ex.
perience of.
''I do not know whether you have
seen the Mid-Pacific Magazine, a new
publication brought out here by A. H.
Ford, one of the most prominent maya
zine writer's. 1t is devoted absolutely
to the interests of travel on the Pacific
and is doing very fine work in our
interests. The third number is just
out and am sending, copies under
separate cover with this letter. You
will see that Australia is getting good
prominence and the fact that such a
splendid magazine is now running here
monthly and published throughout
America and in all Pacific ports, must
help very materially in the objects we
all have so much at heart, of bringing
the tourist our way.
"I have already urged the Common
wealth TO support this venture and I
think New South Wales viii also indie
pendently give it some financial sup
port. 1 would be very glad if you
could see yonr way to do some adver-
Using on behalf of your department
as It is Mr., Ford Is intention, quite IRE
spective Of advertising he receives, to
give good illustrated Australian articles
every month. Apart from the question
Of advertising, would be glad if you
wound send to Mr.. Ford, at intervals
as may be convenient TO you, any
photographs that would have good re-
productions of interesting scenes in
your States and also any letter press
descriptive of important or attractive
routes.
Gin order that the magazine may be
up TO date on Australian matters, Mr.
Ford can not have too much of this
material and would therefore be glad
IL Won will see, so far as you are con
cerned, that he is kept well supplied.
am confident that after study of
eHeh issue Of the maQazine 40 FAR