Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14
Shipping
AUCKLAND AS PORT OF CALL UNDER
: CONSIDERATION BY OCEANIC co

der consideration as a port Of call by
steamers operated 0y the Oceanic
Steamship Company. so predicted an
Official connected with the liner Sierra,
that arrived from San Francisco with
a large number of mainland passcN-
gers.
I'VE learned before leaving the
coast, that the New Zealand govern
ment had come forward with a pro
position whereby the Sonoma and Ven
tura. in calling at Auckland would net
the Oceanic company considerable
larger revenue. 3
A query as to whether the promised
increase In earning would be in the
fern Of an additional subsidy, failed
% bring forth a definite response.
II was learned /. today that the
steamship company had given the mat
ter Of extending the service to New
Zealand considerable attention, proyid-
ed that the government or businets in
terests were ready to offer sufficient
inducement. -
The statement was also made that
the Auckland Harbor board had
brought up the matter at a recent
meeting, and while 1t was conceded
that the question was somewhat dis
tant from the scope of that organiza-
ton a committee OF business men was
appointed to make representation TO
the government, through the Auckland
members to consider whether some In
dncement could be offered To the
Oceanic Company to include Auckland
as q port Of call, by vessels now play
ink between San Francisco, Honolulu,
Pago Page and Sydney. -
The Oceanic liners in leaving Ho-
nolulu proceed to Sydney, N. s. w. in
AN almost direct course. A call IL
made at Page Page, and the voyage
from Hawaiian isIands 70 New South
Wales port is completed in thirteen
days. To divert the steamers to Auck-
land is contended would serve to
lengthen the trip to the extent of at
least three days, and Ii is this delay
that 10 believed may deter the COM
pany from adding an additional port OF
call, In that Il is claimed that the sub
sidy now drawn by the company Is
with the understanding that nine
tween day service between San Fran
cisco and Sydney will be maintained.
Both the Son0ma and ventura are
fast boats however, and il is contend.
ed that they are capable of making
better speed than now required on the
Australian run.
kosn,os Steamer viii Carry Wireless.
Steamers in the Pacific service of
the Kosmos Line. several of which
vessels are expected viii call at HOMO
lulu In the course of q year, will be fit-
ted with wireless telegraph.
In the new service between Europe
and the Pacific Coast, which the Kos.
mos Company has just announced, the
six new liners built for the concern
will be used In conjunction with those
row In the trade. The coming year
will see several of the new steamers
at Coast ports. The liner Hathor,
which bears the name of former YES
sci Of the feet was launched last
month at Bremerhayen, while the
Memphis. Menes and Ramses, also
bearing names of former familiar KOS
mos carriers since sold, are nearing
completion at Flensburg.
= The new Kosmas liners are all OF
1900 tons net register and similar
TO the Karnak, which is already In the
service and at present on the West
Coast. The Karnak was launched at
Brenerhayen last April. Her net ton
mage il 4437 tons The new steamers
are 4S6 feet long, 6S.S beam. They will
be equipped with two pole masts, sax
boom masts and fifteen winches. All
the new Kosmos liners will be equip.
ped with the Telfunken wireless sys.
tenn. Aef RHK
More Foreign Steamships Bought
BY Japanese. 9 &c
The British steamer Ulysses, which
arrived here from Liverpool yester.
day, mas been sold to Japanese,
through Messrs. Samuel Samuel e.
Co. She is of 1921 tons net, and
was built at Greenock in 1892.
The following steamers have also
been purchased by Japanese and will
shortly arrive in Japanese waters:
The iron twodeck steamer Majidi, q
S26 tons GROSS, built at Glasgow in
1882 and formerly owned by the BON
bay and Persia Steam Navigation
Co.; the steel spar-deck steamer Binh
Thuan, 1926 tons gross, built at Genoa
In 1902 and owned by the Gle de Com
merce ct de Navigation d'Extreme
Orient, of Paris; the steel two-deck
steamer Devawongse, 1913 tons gross,
built at Glasgow in 1888: and the
steel two-deck steamer Loo Sock, l.
S04 tons gross, built at Glasgow in
1891, both owned by the Norddeut-
scher Lloyd. Bremen; the steel steam
er Powhatten, 1852 gross, built al
West Hartlepool in 1900 and owned
by Furness, Witty & Co., West Har.
tlepool.
American Fish Gamers i'm Japan.
Japan is being invaded by Ameri-
can fish-packing and canning concerns
the Swift and Liebig packing COM
panies having representatives on the
ground and in one instance a plant
has been placed in operation. Hok-
kaido hoS haon caiocfod nc tho S;Ea