THE UNION COMPANY'S CHIEF.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 637, 14 October 1909, Page 7

THE UNION COMPANY'S CHIEF.

. .... SIR JAMES MILLS INTERVIEWED. Among the. passengers froni Sydney,liy,.the : Manuka yesterday, was Sir James Mills, iinan-. aging director of- tlio Union'.Steam Ship Com-. panv,:who .has been on;'a business trip^"to Australla.-' In a" brief' cftnversation with a repre-, sontative: of, The ■ poMixio!.', Sir, James re-marked-that Jie-i did "not anticipate, .that-' the, extension of the " P.- and O. Company's operations so as to make Auckland a port of. call would affect the Union Company's .'.inter--.colonial.service;to 'any .great extent, ;altho, ugh the New-Zealand Companies had to pay higher wages than the: P. and O. Tho.P. and O. ,would, of. course, Carry intercolonial passengers'from Auckland, but it was probably .to meet, the ; convenience of; passengers for . England, and to take up through cargo to London that Auckland .was Deirig made a port of call. . As for as can bo ganged ;,at present, ;the action of ,the, : Union Company in fitting out a sailing.'ship 'for the 'training of boys for ii. seafaring career has ibeen. appreciated,' and. the. reports received from the officer'in charge of tho .vesser show that the conduct, of the boys anditheir .work aro extremely fatikfactory. •A, c6nslderable number of- applications .were slill being' received • from parents of boys ;in New "Zealand' aud Australia, and it was hoped to pr6vide accommodation for a larger number of lads: before Very- long.;-; ' Tho proposal-mado for the inauguration of a faster ..mail service between' Vancouver- arid Australia ptill "..held.: good,' but there ; were' no recent developments: in this connection, • although the matter tfas istill in hand. ,■ ■ Sir.. James .-will: leave-,for headquarters tonight or to-morrow night.