ARGUMENTS FOR THE SERVICE.
. (By; TelesraDß.—Press Association.). , ,' ■:. ~.; Auckland, February 25. ..-• A cablegram received from the Imperial Export Company of Canada by its New Zealand, manager (Mi. Th. de Sohryver):.gives'additional information with, reference to. the. new steamship eoivieo'.with Canada referred to in the cablegrams :toi<lay. ,Mt,'■ de. Sohryver's cabled gram states that tho V.Canadian .Government has concluded an ■ agreement, witli' the New Zealand: Shipping. Company, by I which thoj.company will, run eteamers monthly : between the," East , Coast :'of Canada and.New-Zealand. • Tho ; steamers will..leave rJlonireal in\summer, and..St. John (New ■ Canada), in- the winter, and Mr. tie Schryver thiiiks;.from previous information! which : -he has! received, that; the subsidy will be 10,000 .dollars .yef steamer.: The. 6t«amer ■will probably visit ithe four-leading. Now ' Zealand, ports, /and. a .number, of r. Australian ports; going first to: New Zealand .on .'alternate trips. ; '.■:;' i. ■ : ..-•: V,■■■ ■■■:.;.•'-. ■ In : :6peafcing' of,the txv service.-Mr. de Schryver said 1 .that :the. probable!exports of. Canadiito, New Zealand would:bo Sardware and wooden goods/, agricultural; wzr chinory, implements,-: and tools.. In Tβturn would take flax,, wool,. tal-, low,,kauri. gum," hides, and- skins. If,: continued; Mr. ■ de ..Schryver, ■. passenger steamers nere. put. on,.' tbe' touriet tr'a^o. , would receive an'appreciable fillip. ■•'Oi the seven millioii.people to be found in Canada, five .millions, could be';'said to. live on the East. Coast. 7 These:; people' had now.>o way' of reaching. .New,'.Zca; land, .but;-by. going to , .Vancouver:or.Lon-. •don. , ;-: If ..there,, wero. a .direct passenger .service he.'.had,«no:-doEbt .-..that-, many ■'.would *' take.; the' opportunity- of, visitingNew; Zealand,. who, ■ otherwiee, would.' not. :.dream:6f;-it.-:.-\,v::;. : ;:':■.-,;■::;■■; -V. .::■•■.■;.'<■'•.:■
CONFIRMATORY MESSAGE FROM ' ?'•■'■■; v^. ;: ' : l: .- .'^CHBISTCffITECH.. , - v ; / ; ,: : ; ;■;:'.;.-V: Chnstchu'fch,, February '25-i, ■I'lTta', the' cablegram: as;'to. tlie' Canadian; subsidy : for -a' regular.' steamship:.service'" between' Atlantic'.- ports and .Australia,' ! last year tho Imperial' Export Company, having representatives' • at:-; Auckland and Christchurch, circulated'a: petition among business ■ men- and- leading",importers: in :Now. Zealand, advocating thei service; ;and urging,' the Canadian Government, to grant n; subsidy.-. The petition was forwarded to Ottawa, with..tne/result that-a subsidy has ..been'"granted. ■:.-■ The .company '"> have guaranteed;to provide'sufficient cargo for eight'sooo ton. steamers. annually;; and it is: .■u'ndcrstoodvithat.f.the, .Sew , .Zealand Shipping.Company have secured : the con-', tract to furnish" the ■..steamers, for" vthe Service; ' '-"\-V'-';. ; .>': ''O.v':'•.•■" ,' ,<: : '•.' i ■■:'■;'. ■'■/
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19100226.2.41
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
356ARGUMENTS FOR THE SERVICE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.