Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-02-01
CITY TRANSFER co.


liner Zealandia that sailed from Ala
kca wharf shortly after three O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon miy inauguratc
new service that has been decided
upon which includes a four weekly
sailing from Victoria AMI Vancouver
for New Zealand by The way of Ho
nolulu
Before taking departure for the
Pacific northwest coast several OIL
Gers connected with the Ie1landia
which is now operated under char
ter by the Can ldian-Australian limo
admitted tina. the steamship service
between Canada ana New Zealand
for which the government has decided
to substitute the Union Steamship
Company. of New Zealand will pro-
vide for service for five years, with
saiings from Vancouver and Auck
land every four weeks. The Canadian
government will contribute $4,000
and New Zealand 100000 rer annum
The existing contract is between
Australia and Canada. and it provides
fc~ call at Auckland. New Zealand
When it was proposed to renew the
contract, the Australian government
objected to The pro0Cs1l to call at
Auckland. The Canadian government
refused to contract with Australia on
the terms PROPOSED and instead de-
cided to make the contract with the
Union Steamship Company for SER
vice to New Zealand.
Australia can come in en- the ar
rangemcnt if it desires to do so. The
matter of extending tie service to
Australia will be the subject of fur
Their negotiations.
It was freely predicted on board
the Zealandia that the signing up of
! contract will mean the elimination
of Australian ports of call unless the
Colonial government gets busy and
decides to take up portion of the
mail subsidy Heretofore the Union
Steamship vessels calling at Homo
lulu have made Sydney n s. W..
their terminal and have also made re-
gular calls at Brisbane.
II is said that Canadian Premier
Tauricr has cabled to Australian Pre-
mier Fisher regretting that the Com
mcnwoalth has declined to renew the
ancouver-Australia mail service with
calls at Auckland and Sydney Can
ada has decided therefore to contract
with the Union Steamship Company
of New Zealand, Of which Sir James
Mills is chairman for a five years
service between Canada and New
Zealand
Few Sailers from San Francisco.
There is not a great deal doing in
charters Of sailing vessels at San
Francisco fer the Hawaiian islands.
According to the latest advices from
the coast. the bark Andrew Welch
and the barkentine Irmgard are the
two windjammers that are at pres
ent enroute to Honolulu. These YES
sells are well laden with merchandise
There are several other sailing YES
sells on the berth at San Francisco
including the well known shirs Will
liam p. Frye, Edward Sewall bark
entine Wilder and schooner Murie,
The date of departure of these ves-
sells has not been disclosed
"a
Iionokaa Sugar Here.
The shipment of 2000 sacks Homo
kaa and 400 sacks Kukuihaele sugar
brought to The port by the steamer
Like like has been discharged and that
vessel will receive an early dispatch
to Hawaii ports.
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Room For Hundred and Twenty five
There will be an abundance of room
for cabin passengers on the Pacific
Vail liner Manchuria due to sail from
Honolulu for San Francisco on or
about February 18th. According to Il
cable received at the agency of H.
Hackfeld & Co. this morning, the
Manchuria has sailed from Yokohama
and will arrive here with sixteen hun