SHIPPING

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2347, 11 October 1881, Page 2

SHIPPING

i>'nr iik .Trm,T"N W*a / if«’.» Hifunr- October 11. [) «v. ■ Vfvithor. bine sky. vVincl, N.W , fresh. Bii *'*»*»■•. 29.42 ; thermomoist, E 9. tlistn Ws*«r —To-morrow. Moena 659 *TBomi». 7.26.' ~ Arrived —October 11. Rotorua, s.s., 576 tons, Tozar, from Auckland via Eist Coast ports. Passon sera—Lady Taacrod and servant. Misses Macfarlano, Turner, Meadames Guthrie, Currick Williams, nurse and two infants. Mesar< "arcick, Marks, Phillips, Hales, Farren, Wiliams. Uillon, Drake, Learmouth, Dunk, Harman: steerage 9 Union Steamship Company, agents. Penguin, s.s., 412 tons. Malcolm, from Dunediu, via Akaroa. rassongera Miss Robert, Mr and Mrs Newby and two children, Me-srs Bornbrook, Guthrie, Brown. O’Reilly; steerage, 4. Union Steamship Company, agents. Isabella brigantine, S2 tons, McDonald, from Picton. Mast.-r, agent. Toroa, schooner 78 tons, Grandy, from Eaipara. J. B. Way, agent. 1. B. Taylor, schooner, 51 tons, from Pelorus Sound Mary King, schooner, 73 tons, Eae, from Kaipara. Cuff and Graham, agents Cleared—October 11. Esther, brigantine, 47 tons, Davis, for Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. A ship and a bai que were signalled when our express left Port to day. They were supposed to be the hake Ontario and Zohrab, from Newcastle. The Spray, Captain Rnxton, reports leaving Hokitika on the Ist instant, and anchored in Ship Cove on the 4th, left next day, and had S.W. winds to arrival. THE OPERATIONS OF THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANT. [“New Zealand Herald,” 20th September. 1 Mr George M‘Lean, chairman of the U. S. S. Company, arrived from Wellington yesterday by the s.s. Penguin His visit is for the double object of recruiting his health, wbicb has been very feeble lately, and posting himself as to the state of this portion of the colony. He has inspected the s.s. Southern Cross, which was handed over to the Union Company on Saturday, and finds her a much better boat than he expected. Ho informs ns that the next trip to Fiji will be made by the s s. laiaroa, and that boats will be placed in the trade of which Auckland and New Zealand may be proud. Every effort will be made to foster the Fiji trade, for which Auckland will be the depot, and to extend it in other directions amongst the Islands where possible. The number of trips of the steamers will in a groat measure, be regulated by the requirements of trade. Mr M‘Lean points out that embracing the Fiji trade is no new idea of the Union Company. About four years ago the New Zealand Government offered a subsidy for this service, and the conditional tender of the Union Company (tha_ only one) was accepted, but the conditions subsequently formed a source of disagreement between the Government and the Company, so the negotiations fell through. The Company’s intention was to endeavour to obtain a subsidy from the Non.; ean Government for conveying the mail, which comes by way of San Francisco, and was then and is still taken thither via Sydney. The company would have carried it thither direct from Auckland, taking Fiji en route to and fro. Mr M Lean thinks that no doubt such a scheme would, if practicable, still be given effect to. The company has five boats building, two of which, the Manapoari and the Mohinapua, are expected out about Christmas. The Manapouri is about the same size as the Kotomahana. but not quite so powerful. One remarkable feature about her is that the saloon will be forward and the steerage aft. The Mahinapna is a twin screw boat of shallow draught, adapted for the bar harbors of the West Coast. Two of the other vessels ordered are of large size. The aim of the company is not so much tc pay large dividends—at all events, imme diately—as to keep ahead of the requirements of the trade. 1 hoy wish to convince the public that, with a monopoly, their interests are quite as wall at least, and in all probability a great deal better conserved than if an opposition line were running. It is with a view to having a weekly service to Sydney (at _ present it is only fortnightly), and the whole intercolonial service performed by large and first-class steamers, that these vessels were ordered. The route would be from Melbourne to the Bluff, up the East Coast, and on to Sydney weekly, and vice versa It is not expected that this weekly running to Sydney will be remunerative at fi-st, but it is hoped that the frequency of communication with Anckland will induce trade and encourage travelling, especially by tourists. Mr McLean thinks that opening good commnnication to the Hot Lakes would be expedient and far-seeing policy, as he looks forward to a largo increase of travelling by tonrists, and the Kotomahana district would prove a great attraction. Cheap excarsion tickets to and from Australia will also be issued this summer; and it is hoped by means of cheap fares and superior accommodation to educate the colonists into travelling for pleasure and information as well as business. Mr McLean says that the efforts of the Union Company’s directorate have been to place the concern on a broad and colonial basis ; a„d that it is not identified with Dunedin more than any other city, further than that its head office is there. Indeel, he is only too anxious to see the proprietorship spread os far as possible over the colony. Anckland, he says, has reason to be jealous of the Union Company entering upon the Fiji trade. No stops will bo taken to deprive hv,r of any advantage hitherto enjoyed, but, on the contrary, ha is convinced that the frequency and superiority of the communication will increase the trade, of which Anckland will be the depot, and that sne will soon find herself an immense gainer by the change of Sags.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, October 10. Arrived —Seabird, from Lyttelton. Auckland, October 11. The City of New York arrived from Sydney at two o’clock this morning, and leaves this afternoon at two. Port Chalmers, October 10. Sailed —Penguin, for the North. Passengers —For Akaroa—Mr Simpson. For Lyttelton— Messrs Guthrie and Horubrook.