Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-12-07

That the Union Steamship Company
mas made preparations for meeting
the kcenest of competition in the
Australian ana New Zealand freight
and passenger business was generally
understood before the Canadian-Aus-
tralian liner Mariana sailed IRON
Vancouver ON November 18th.
According to adyices received in
Canadian Australian steamship official
circles. the new steamship Port King
,ton now renamed the Tahiti, arrived
ut Sydney on November oath with a.
large number of immigrants. This
vessel Is to he turned over TO the
Union steamship line in time TO per-
init that steamship to sail from sgd
ucy on the initial voyage by Decem-
Der 9Th. The Tahiti Is to be followed
by steamers every twenty-eight days.
the other vessels engaged in this
trade being the Natal and the 40
rmPi.
The new service will give a direct
fornightly communication lin COM
bination with the Vancouver servicc)
between New South Wales and North
america. one being TO Vancouver and
The other to san Francisco This ar
rangcmcnt will Involve the eXpendi-
lure OF certain amount of money Ia
Sydney for housing 800 or 400 officers
and crew of the different ships in ad-
iition to coaling. proydoring and
docking requirements. 1t will also
serve To facilitate the more rapid
transit Of merchandise, for goods
could ne carried direct between sgd
uey and America without being tran
shipped, as prevails at the present
time, at wellington. All the vessels
are largely refrigerated. enabling
shippers in Sydney to send produce,
which requires such accommodation
| to American ports.
From what could be learned on
board the Mariana this morning the
mead Office Of the Union S. s. Com
pany states that sydney will be the
FIRST port Of call In connection with
| The extension of the Frisco service to
Australia. II Is hoped, however, 10
include Melbourne as port of call
| later.
In regard to the announcement by
he Union Steamship Company that
| they would inaugurate n 2S-days' pas
| genger service between Sydney and
| San Francisco with the steamer Ia
hiti the Sydney agent of Messrs. J
| ID. SprcckCls and Bros. Co., are said
to have been asked if that company
might abandon its intention, as stat
cd To the public some little time ago
ui commencing the service of the
Oceanic s. s. Co, which was to have
started in May of next year. Mr.. V
\. Spruul stated that he could see III
reason why the announcement of the
Union Company should have the eff,
feet of cunceling any arrangement,
now being made by the Oceanic =. s
CO.. of San Francisco.
i The officers IN the Mariana on com
lrg into port this morning were in
clined to be reticent regarding III,
rough weather mct with on the yoy
rye from Vancouver 10 Honolulu. /
. said that the vessel experience,
fine weather and a smooth sea for III,
first iweniy-four hours. On the see
Jnd day out from Victoria the vesse
ran into q strong suutherly gale an,
mead sea, which continued until tw,
days before arrival here. Purse
Dodd states that the last two days O
The trip the weather gradually i'm
lproyed.
The Mariana brought 90 cabin,
iSecond ana third class passengers
The vessel Is filled To capacity will
through passengers there being 10
first, l29 second and 1903 in the thr
class. A mail including nine sack
rom the northwest arrived. There /
no cargo for this port, though tn
vessel Is well laden with merchandise
destined to Australian and New Yea
land.
Among the through passengers |
J. G, Williams, prominent Theatrical
magnate who is returning to Austria
la with company of nine vaudeyill
performers. secured In the Unite
States, The Mariana Is scheduled l.
sail for the Antipodes at 1890 today
The United Wireless equipmen
which for months has served the shi
has been substituted by an installa