“HERE TO STAY”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 882, 28 January 1930, Page 14

“HERE TO STAY”

CANADIAN NATIONAL STEAMSHIPS GENERAL MANAGER’S VISIT ‘We are here to stay.” This was the reply ot Mr. R. B. Teakle, general manager of the Canadian National Steamships, to a question as to whether his company proposed to run passenger and cargo steamers direct to New Zealand. He arrived by the Niagara yesterday afternoon on his first visit to the Dominion, and will make a comprehensive tour of both islands to meet merchants and commercial men interested in trade with Canada. “I want to make myself better acquainted with your Dominion,” he said yesterday, “and with the people who are doing business with us. I also want to repay the visits we have received from New Zealand business men. “I desire to see what more can be done to develop our business, and I have been charged by my president to make full investigations and report fully on my return to Canada. I have come with an open mind, and there are certain things I desire to find out. "As you know, we operate a freight service here once a month. We appreciate very much the business which has been given us, and we are very keen to serve the trade to the best possible advantage.” Mr. Teakle mentioned Ihat the Canadian National Steamships were operated and controlled by the same chairman and hoard of directors as the Canadian National Railways. He mentioned that of the 40,000 miles of railways in Canada, his company controlled more than half of them. During 1930 the C.N.S. were putting into commission three more ships on the coastal trade of the North Pacific. They were 22i-knot vessels, and had every modern comfort and convenience. , The Canadian National Steamships carried a large quantity of advertising matter for New Zealand. This was distributed from coast to coast on the railways, and at the company’s hotels and stations, and on the. steamers themselves. The appointment of Mr. J. W. Collins as New Zealand Trade Commissioner to Canada meets with Mr. Teakle’s heartiest approval. “It was a very happy and wise choice,” he remarked. “When Mr. Collins was in Canada three years ago he was a very popular man.” After touring New Zealand. Mr. Teakle will go on to Australia to make investigations there.