Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 12 August 1893, Page 3

Notes and Events.

■ lift is; flli news to tell, that the celebrated Inman line of Atlantic .ftWiinera now sail under" the ' American flag. The exchange of flagi took place as the United States offerW'a' Tafger suHsTdy*and greater privileges. However what may not ib» so -well 1 ktiOwn is that these ire'a'niers./the largest and quiokest in the'wor!d» now ran to Southampton

instead of to Liverpool. The people of Southampton, during the strikes two years ago, lost the P. and 0. bpjajsi'liui .ipstend' of .grieving they set to work and built a new dock, into which the new American line caneti'te'r at kny state of the tide, and as the' Southampton water has no impediment to offer, the vexatious delays at the bar of the Mersey are now avoided. ' Passengers can pass . from the train straight on to the; deck of. the steamer which again saves them' the old annoyance of getting across Liverpool from the station to the jetty, and from ' the jetty to the tender, and from the tender to the steamer. Evidently the passengers, will receive, a great benefit from the alteration. These steamers will not for the future call at Queenstown and thus the, journey ground . to Southampton^ which is within ap hour 'and a half by" rail 'from London, will jonly, talce an hour ■ longer, so that the passage from, London to^ew York will ,b'q even quicker than it has been prior/ to '^ the alteration-