PACIFIC MAIL SERVICES

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1924, Page 4

PACIFIC MAIL SERVICES

REVISED TIME-TABLE. “WELLINGTON, April 11. Tlic Union Company’s mail steamers in the Vancouver anil San Francisco services rt.ro now runinng.on’ a revised timetable which is speeding up both services. The Tahiti, which arrived here today, left San Francisco at 12.30 p.m. on March 20, and cast anchor at this port at G. 20 this morning, making the run in eighteen days, eighteen hours roughly about two days quicker than the time of the average journey. In the past, on the Southern run from America and Canada, the steamers of both services reached Auckland on .Monday, instead of Fruity. The mail reaching here to-day will he in Christchurch to-morrow morning, and in Dunedin to-mnj-iow night. Under the old arrangement the mails were, not available to the public other than through private hexes until Monday. Njow, the week-end break will be avoided.

Hitherto, there have been twelve trips a year between New Zealand and San Francisco and Vancouver. Under t’.'e contract there will be thirteen trips. This means regular departures from New Zealand every fortnight. The change moans a saving of nearly a week in receipt of the Vancouver mail so far as Taranaki is concerned. Both Vancouver and San Francisco steamers are now scheduled to make the trip in nineteen instead of twentyone days. Under the new timetable, four days are saved in both services on the round trip. This is brought about bv the steamers’ stay at Vancouver and San Francisco being shoitened by two days and on the run to New Zealand another two days, are saved by faster steaming.