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

Auckland. New Zealand. is now I'M
der consideration a, port Of call BY
Bteaner6 operated ~ the Oceanic
Steamship Company so predicted an
ofiieial connected with the liner Sierra,
that arrived from san Francisco with
q large number Of mainland passd1t
gers.
I'VE learned before leaSing the
coast, that the New Zealand govern.
fnent had come forward with pro,
position Whereby the Sonoma and ven-
tura, in calling at Auckland would net
The Oceanic company . considerable
larger revenue.
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. !
y was learned today that the
eteamship company had given the mat
ter OF extending the service to New
Zealand considerable attention, proyids
ed that the government or business 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 Ii was conceded
that the question was somewhat dis
tant from the scope OF that orgafiza-
ton a committee of business men was
appointed to make representation to
the government, through the Auckland
members to consider whether some I'm
drcement could be offered TO the
Oceanic Company to include Auckland
as q port of call, by vessels now play
3ng between San Francisco. Honolt.su,i
Page Psgo and Sydney.
The Oceanic liners in leaving 10
nolulu proceed to Sydney, N. s. W. in
an almost direct course. A call Is
made at Pago Pago,a and the voyage
from Hawaiian islands to New South
Wales port is completed in thirteen
Gays. To divert the steamers to Auck-
land IL contended would serve to
lengthen the trip to the extent Of at
least three days, and it is this delay
that Is believed may deter the COM
pany from adding an additional port OF
cal, lin that IL is claimed that the sub.
shy now drawn by the company is
with the understanding that a nine
tween day service between San Fran
cisco and Sydney will be maintained.
Both the SOnoma and ventura are
fast boats however, and 1t Is contend.
ed that they are capable OF making
better speed than now required on the
Australian run
kosnos steafnef VIII Carry Wireless.
Steamers in the Pacific service of
the Koslnos Line. several Of which
vessels are expected viii call at Homo
lulu in the course of year, will be tit
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 a former ves-
eel Of the feet was launched last
month at Bremerhaven, while the
Memphis, Menes and Ramses, also
bearing names of former familiar hos
mos carriers since sold, are nearing
completion at Flensburg.
The new Kosnlas liners are all Of
1000 tons net register and similar
10 the Karnak. which is already In the !
service and at present on the West
Coast. The Karnak was launched at
Bremerhayen last April. Her net ton.
mage is 44S5 tons. The new, steamers
ere 4S6 feet long, 6S.S beam. They viii
be equipped with two pole nlasts, SIX
boom masts and fifteen winches. All !
the new Kosmos liners will be EQUIP.
ped with the Telfunken wireless. sys-
tenn. ~sEkH0H
More Foreign steamships Sought
BY Japanese.
The British steamer Ulysses, which
arrived here from Liverpool yester.
day, has been sold to Japanese,
through Messrs. Samuel Samuel & |
Go. She Is of 1921 tons net, and
was built at Greenock in 1892.
The following steamers have also
been purchased by Japanese and viii |
shortly arrive in Japanese waters: |
The iron two-deck steamer Majidi. g.
926 tons gross, built at Glasgow in |
1882 and formerly owned by the Bonn
bay and Persia Steam Navigation
Co.; the steel spar-deck steamer Binh
Thuan, 1726 tons gross, built at Genoa
in 1902 and owned by the Gle de Com !
merce .et de. Navigation, d'Extreme
Orient, Of Paris, the steel two-deck |
steamer Devawongse, 164S tons gross,
built at Glasgow in 1888; and the
steel two-deck steamer Loo Sock, l.
904 tons gross, built at Glasgow ini
1891, both owned by the Norddeut. |
scfer Lloyd, Bremen; the steel steam.
or Powhatten, 6262 gross, built at
West Hartiepool in 1900 and owned
by Furness, Witty & Co, West Har.
tlepool.
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American Fish Gamers i'm Japan.
Japan is being Invaded by Ameri- |
can fish-packing and canning concerns
the Swift and Liebig packing COM I
panies having representatives on the |
ground and in. one instance plant