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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15873, 12 April 1917, Page 8

"Plying in and out of Auckland for years past," states Dr. Newman, M.P., •'have been many small sailing vessels/ fitted up with oil engines for use in calms or very light airs. On the Pacific Coast of the United States there aro being built very many large sailing ships ■ carrying largo cargoes—many thousand tons cach. Tho largo freightcarriers are fitted up with oil engines. Many have made long voyages with great success, and the cost of carrying freight by them is much lower than by ordinary "tramp steamers. Tho oil occupies small space, and the engines are more compact,. so there is more space for cargo. Small scows fitted with oil•engines liavo long been plying in and out of Auckland Harbour. The new United States ships aro of great size and great freight-carriers. It- is confidently asserted that they are such a success, can he Tun so cheaply, that they will run off the ordinary eoal steamer, and that the ocean trade of the world will be carried in these vessels. New Zealand is. for ever handicapped by long and costly sea freights, so that these new vessels should greatly cheapen freights, and be of enormous use to New Zealand."