A NEW ROUTE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2039, 26 March 1907, Page 1

A NEW ROUTE.

'The new Atlantic route is of considerable interest to New Zealand, ■since wo arc negotiating for a Vancouver service. The new route is from London to Alontrenl, by Blacka gain of two or three days as against existing services. The leading features of the scheme are the establishment of a service of fast 25knot steamers capable of sailing from Blaeksod Bay in the West of Ireland, to Halifax in three and a-half days, the construction of new fast railways to connect Blaeksod Bay with existing Irish lines, and the establishment of train ferries between Irish, English, and Scotch posts, so that trains may be taken right through to Blacksod Bay. The bay is one of the most magnificent harbors on the western coast of Ireland, with deep water, a wide entrance, and a well-sheltered anchorage. Passengers and goods will reach there from London in 14 hours. From Blaeksod Bay to Halifax is 2JOO miles, 1090 miles less than the distance from Southhampton or Liverpool Lo New York. “Nor is this its only advantage,” says the Daily Mail. “An express liner starting from Liverpool or Southampton

has to steam for hours through waters congested with shipping, where the extremest caution and the lowest speed have to be employed in fogs or thick weather. A vessel starting from Blaeksod Bay, which lies off tlu- mam maritime highways could proceed full speed through the fogbelt wlicili commonly lies offshore.” Comforting for passengers! Alontrenl will bo reached from Halifax in 18 hours, making the journey from London under five lays. When the new route is open Chicago will be distant less than .six days from London, and the Pacific Coast only nine days. AYitli improved steamers on the Pacific, it will ho possible .to deliver mails in 1 Japan in seventeen days, and at Hong Long in twenty-two days. The .scheme is really the outcome of the great growth of Canada, it being felt that

quicker commit n icition with tjio Motherland is necessary. The new line is to make a heavy bid for the large Continental emigrant traffic to Canada, and is expected to secure a rood deal of traffic from Now York. It will take three years to construct the necessary works at Blncksod Bay and build the steamers, so we will have to wait for the shortest possible Vancouver service. Farmers’ Losses. £200,000 to £300,00.0 is lost annually by stockowners of this colony. Breeders and stockowners who are sustaining losses from abortion amongst their stock are surely unjust to their own interests if they neglect the use of remedies that are I reasonably sure to eradicate tliese troubles from their hv>ds. Many stockowners have tried drenches of various kinds, and have found them useless. Hundreds who have had this experience have sent for Sykes’s Drench and Sykes’s Animal Abortion Cure; sometimes as a last resort, and have always found them effective. Better use these remedies first, before wasting time and money experimenting. They are doing the work and are saving money for others. Let them do the same fur yen.

Sykes’s Drench, Is Gd packet, 16s doz. Sykes’s Animal Abortion Cure. 2s 6d packet. Sold everywhere. For administering drenches. Sykes’ Drenching Horn, price Is 6d, cannot be beaten.