'FRISCO MAIL RUN.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2138, 2 May 1914, Page 5

'FRISCO MAIL RUN.

UNIOW COMPANY'S CHANGES,

RE-WOCELLED SERVICE

One of tho stipulations fa tho I'raiidscfl mail sorvico is tlwt tho Union Company sfiall replace the Aiilaiigi atuiMoana in the ton-San Fran eisctj. -scrvico by tvtvb end (if next yi;ai\ Important changes are l!.wi'oro ponding On tho Awiugi'e ariivai at Sydney tlvis $V'Co;k s.bo was Hithdr-avVii iro.m tho sei'vicCj a-nd will not rc-en'tor it.

lo vephicn her, the chartered steamc.r \\ ulorhra has fiei'n taken off lite iiVttir•coiaiujii servico and placed in tho -S.vd-'My-Wfillfngtan-'Pj'isco run-. T-lais is-i'll a lwmanojji; change, hut tho u illoclira wd}. make two or three trips io Sr.n l'Taiiciwo.. For tho noxt finv months tlio Tahiti, Jloana, and' VT3-Icolii-fl, will 'keep vip tho timo-tahio, and when the Willochfa is withdrawal from tho 'American ran she will bo -replaced ■by tho Jla ram n, now running fit the Sydiicy-.Vu'Alaud-Vimcouvor Service. A now passenger liucr is heiitg built; for tho Union Company at Homo, and is 'especicd to nri-ito at -Sydney iiy tiio end of May next year, Sim will l run, in tho Vancouver trade, EdpJtiCHig tho sLtrania.

A rumour lias been in circniatioii in shipping isimles that the M/Jiwrailh, M'Karcliarn Company's lino new s'teafiic'r Katoomba had bceai chartered hv ilio Union Company for tho Vancouver service., but this is not so. Until tlio advent of tho now liner—an improved Niagara- tho sorvico will ho Maintained on. tho-lines already indicated, "i

Nothing definite! has yet boon flpcifled ns to ho;v ihc Moana will bo replaced, in iili.9 trade,'but it is understood' that new vessel wijl ho ntniling to San. Francisco in her stead hv iho oud of--1935. AYbother the Union Company intend lraildinc;, or whether it is their intention to charter a steamer, is not known at present. Jft tho meantime it is considered that 'With iho Tahiti. $lai'ania s and tho .pwTWSBcI lieri' stealers mining in Iho 'Vrisco trade, that setricu frill ho an up-to-date one.

VVelllngton-Syiinoy Service, In. coMscqiifiifo- of tho enirv of tho Willochra into tho mail servi.ee,. ?omo important, char.gos are to be inado in ti'io intercolonial trade. -For.soiiio iin.io r'iio Union Company has been considering t.h.o advisability of running a "ferry ■service'between Wellington and Py.dnoy with tho. larger. BteaiircrSj. and mai.htiiinini; tho Wcllington-Mclbourno connection. wi't'li smaller vessels. !Lhis. system is about to be givon a trial. Tho AVilionhr.i. which is duo at Wellington from Sydney oh Wednesday next, ivll remain, in port till. Friday, Tilav 8, when ■sltft will return to Sydney. Tho Ma.i'tai, which is due hero from MeTbouriio. via ■the sßji.tli., ou Friday, will tako iii-o Wei* le.i;iira ? s ttahshipiricflts and return to Melbourne on tho sail® day,; T'm '.\[onivrlvi—-tho iicxi: stcariior front Sydney to Wellington—will go right thron'sh to Melbourne. On Wednesday. May *20, iho Willochra will arrive at Wellington on route to fSan Francisco. There, will lie no steamer i'rom Wellington to Melbourne, via tho south, that week. 'J'lic following week, however, will see tho fiorvieo established, it will bo nvaititjiiiicd by tho Maunßanui and Moe.raki from Sydney to W.olluigtoi and back., aji.d tho Maita'i. flnd Moltftia iimn Wellington to Melbourne and bnck.