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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 406, 21 October 1911, Page 6

The police, says a Wairarapa paper, have receiver] good infor:oation that Pawelka 13 in Australia, but no effort has been made to bring him back The general opinion in that he is better out of the country, and if he is going out of the country, and if he is going to cause trouble it will be cheaper for New Zealand if it happens somewhere else. There is 110 doubt that the prison clclhea washed up from the harbour were those belonging to the escaped criminal, and that the general opinion is that he got away on a timber ship trading between the West Coast and Sydney that was in the harbour on the night Pawelka broke gaol. The boat was searched on arrival at Sydney, bat Pawelka was not on board. One of ttie crew admitted he v;as put ashore in a boat along the coast. From the position of being almost without mail services with the Old Country, except these we have been dependent upon the Commonwealth of Australia for, this Dominion is all of a sudden becoming inundated with a wealth of services almost as em barrasing as interest-day to a millionaire. Iha latest venture in that line is the announcement that the Spreckels line of steamers are to be restored to the service between San Francisco, Auckland and Sydney. The Ventura and Sonoma, which with the Sierra, used to be in the trade, ais to be fitted with oii-burning machinery as well as their sister boat, at a cost of £150,000, and the three steamers are to be placed in commission. The original cost of these vessels was £20,000 each They are twin-scrtw ships of over (JOOO tons register, cud each has accommodation for 175 class passengers and 150 in the second cabin alld steeragc. With burmng ccui t'lc maximum speed was iiij knots an hour, but when the Sierra was transformed into an oil-burner two years ago it was found nil a could rank'. l 0 ,- er 17 knots an hour. !•; i? stat.-t! *ih?*.fc the substitution of oil for coal will recto ce the coy I. of operath-n -i<i p--v cent. Tar;!*!? will uv f«:ult wsl.h a capacity sufficient to j-ivo tho \ •.-.•rehi a ste;:ri!in;: t;it]ius oflu, •'»!»;} tniie; at a 15 knot an hour rate. Klectric lighting, wireless apparatus, and other appliances for the comfort and safely of passengers will be installed.