Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-14

Auckland, New Zealand, Is now un-
der consideration as a port of call by
steamers operated oy the. Oceanic
Steamship Company. so predicted an
Official connected with the liner Sierra.
that arrived from San Francisco with
q large number of mainland passtu-
gers.
We 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
tbe Oceanic company considerable
larger revenue. -
a query as to whether the promised
increase I'm earning would be in the
form Of an additional subsidy, failed
70 bring forth definite response.
II was learned today that the
steamship company had given the mat
ter Of extending the service TO New
Zealand considerable attention. provid-
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 recent
meeting, and while it 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
ing between San Francisco, Honolcsu,
Pago Page and sydney.
The Oceanic liners in leaving Ho-
noliliu proceed to Sydney, N. s. w. in
an almost direct course. A call is
made at Page Page. and the voyage
from Hawaiian islands to New South
Wales port is completed in thirteen
days. To divert the steamers to Auck.
lsnd H. eontended would serve to
lengthen the trip TO the extent OF at
least three days, and Ii is this delay
that Is believed may deter the com
pany nom adding an additional port or
call In that II is claimed that the sub
sidy now drawn by the company is
with the understanding that a nine
twsen day service between San Fran
cisco and sydney will be maintained.
Boob the Sonon1a and ventura are
, fasf boats however, and 10 Is contend
ed that they are capable of making
6etter speed than now required on the
Australian run
kSsmos stesmer VIII Gerry Wireless.
Steamers In the Pacific service of
the Kosmos Line. several OF which
vessels are expected will call at homo
min in the course of a year, will be 1T
ted with wireless telegraph.
In the new service between Europe
and the Pacific Coast, which the Kos
mos Company has just announced, the
sln new liners built for the concern
VIII be used In conjunction with those
n0w In the trade. The coming year
Win see several OF the new steamers
- Coast ports. The liner Hathor,
which bears the name OF former yes
- Of the feet was launched last
nlunth at Bremerf1ayen, while the
Memphis, Menes and Ramses, also
bgAring names of former familiar hos
mos carriers since sold, are nearing
completion at FIensburg.
The new Kosmas liners are all of
1900 tons net register and similar
30 the Karnak. which is already in the
service and at present on the West
Coast. The karnak was launched at
Bremerhaven last April. Her net tom
nasN Is 44S7 tons. The new steamers
are 4S6 feet long, 6S.S beam. They win
be equipped with two pole masts, SIX
boom naasts and fifteen winches. An
the new Kosmos liners will be equip
ped with the Telfunken wireless sys-
tenn. -nfWIK
More Foreign Steamships Bought
BY Japanese.
The British steamer Ulysses, which
arrived here from Liverpool yester-
day, has been sold to Japanese,
through Messrs. Samuel Samuel &
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 two-deck steamer Majidi, q
S26 tons gross, built at Glasgow in
1892 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 1907 and owned by the Gle de Com.
merce ct de Navigation dExtreme |
Orient. of Paris; the steel two-deck
steamer Deyawongse, 1643 tons gross,
built at Glasgow in 1888; and the
steel two-deck steamer Loo Sock, l.
904 tons gross, built at Glasgow in
1891, both owned by the Norddeut.
scher Lloyd, Bremen; the steel steam:
er Powhatten, 1852 gross, built at
West Hartlepool in 1900 and owned
by Furness, Witty & Co., West Har-
tiepool -. T.
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
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