THE 'FRISCO SERVICE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 918, 10 September 1910, Page 3

THE 'FRISCO SERVICE.

;}WILL}T^ffiRE}BE ; TWq" WNESr^j /// >^;INIENTIOI^/OF'MESSRS^/;/ ; } '■'■■ :,:}:}: .};,; .ißyTele'Branh.T-Press:Asso'ciationi).}/-} ; ,; /- ;/?f^Audklarid, : •'•'.•lt: would^ppear ; ;thati : theirumours, or the; ■'early--;/''.resumption."/'by',''-:. Messrs} :Spreckels- steamers ;.,.of}th'e.;/i§eryice,}beV tweeh San: Francisco,: Honolulu/:'Auckland,/, and' 'Sydhdy/'swhich/bro'ught New; ■Zealand,}wMin : }2B}days:}'of/clhglana/; haVeVa^fairly^ ' At' -thp;. }pf" tlie'}}Auckland, ;Chamber; d"f / G6mme"rce','' : .the-""/"presiden.t (Mr. ■• J.vH::.GunsonX:rfead';a : ,letter: -'writ-. ;ten".;by}a/responsible, piEcer.'in; the : , ser- ; 'vice'of ;th'd :bpTecliels''li'ne.;-under}:da'te pt'lasi/iiionth} as/fdllows :^//}■//"./;''

}/;}'Just/'.a'lihe ,to' let ypu'-khdw;-!-,am ; /still ;aliye/"arid'",expect;:' to'-'be"' iii : -,Auck-} •land;;agaih.'abo'htHthe ?firsjfof}the/yearj .'as "it-has .'■been"}deciddd ; ip ; ruri:tKd}ship's (referring ■;^^te r "th'd.^ier'ra', v 'SbWmaV/ahd/ ithink-^s}will}be}; ; my/:ia , here,} as: /I/sliall/stay ''-in'-Ban /Frahciscd;tp" help;.to-fit}put.'ithe/other}ships';'V.;;: }}In speaking■ on the Question'Mr.'.Guii-' Son /remarked /that: -durang/.the": last lew days }iiu ;:'.authd'ritative}/stot'emeht;};'na'd' been made/that the ;vf gg&ls crVfene'A-i.tov were; being-ovdrhaulcdtahd-refitted '.witfc .the ■ view}of.,; the/consuinption:. of "oil- ■' as fuel;.;'which; 'would: ; Qnable;;;tHem}easily; to .accomplish. the}r'u'n/ from?S"vn':Fran-': eiscb/tp i /16 : 'Hays'.:>Itv.was' . ; ih'dicated,};'mdredv;er;'}that}.the.-: servicd. '.would 'beTesumednu, the '.early.'pdrtion; of,-1911,'/which,i .affprded} : ahdt3ie-- /reason why' the';re'pfeseht'atiohs'.'dfr,'ihe'J"Auck-: : land ;Ch'amber )^n'--,cojine.c^ion ceive'effectl:at.;tHej:hands;'Of'}the}Gov .•ernmeht. : ; ■} v The : :.prpp^sed'-/'sqrvice^?whlch v ; Parliament- had yet:td'-'ratify,,' could be- : come:; nothing.?' but / a,'; f feig;ht:}lirie' both: ■ from the; standpoint' of "mail} matterjand also.'!• from';that}- of ':_the/'tpjifist; : ::t]fafec.: • It. ■. must 'therefore; be r perfectly; ohyions, .■said-Mr };Gunsoh,-; that; th'e}sdrvice'which" ■it/-now. -seemed'' ..was/abdut: to 'be-,re- . stored, -' wduld'papture/bdfcifreightVand; pas"«iigersi}the.,;-time/oc'cupied -by/the'; Spredkels sery'ice/b'eing}>l6.;}days;}}'a's'- : service;under }the}proposals'dfHhejGoye'rriment/ /It; 'wputd,::,^tlierefore'j/■ seem} ' fpr^he/,--G.oyernmeht'}' ! to} deny/' ■:to.}the': ; their; mail; matter- /even-) -at,;::pdjdndage'rates:as.: : tilie }facilities::,they.}pfferi./iri/:p'dint ;/.df liime/'particularly/; and ■yessels 'sup'eriorstd'Vthose'.line,a'nd , /again. : the ;i v'essels':of..the';"Sierr'a' : class.might be, termed; up-td-date/; while ■ •.now} that' 'they} would -be.; burning::. oil ; •iuel the/troubles: that' formerly/existed. i\Voiild}disappear;// /-}} r }//;./; '}};;/:;}/