THE FERRY SERVICE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1280, 8 November 1911, Page 6

THE FERRY SERVICE.

™ ,ra (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Invcrcaroill, November 7. In (ho course of his speech at \Yinton to-night' the I'rinio Minister said that tho importance of a daily connection between tho.two islands, joining up with tho last train nt Lyltelfon or V. elliiigton, as tho case might be, was general}- recognised, ji'or some lime past lie had discussed witU Sir .lames Mills, managing director of tho Union Steam Ship Company, the import, anco of another steamer of the Maori class being put 011 this run, and lie announced that he was within tho Inst few days advised by the Union Company that they had given orders to build a steamer of tho Maori class, but larger and faster, to lake the place ol' tho Mararoft. With tlieso two line steamers there would be a connected service by the last express from Ihc South Island and tho last expresa from ilio North Island, and the advantago to the people would be very great. Indeed, in his opinion, they would have between t'lio two islands 0110 of the best, if not the very best, steamer ferry services in tho world. It said much for the enterprise of Ihe Union Steam Ship Company that they were providing 11 second steamer, and Iho more no as they receive no subsidy whatever from the Govern, mont, beyond (lie payments for carrying tho mails, lie wished publicly to ni knowledge the appreciation of the Governmeilt of an enterprise which involved no doubt considerable financial risk- to the company and of what it had accomplished in this' respect,