NEW ROUTE TO SIBERIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 December 1915, Page 11

NEW ROUTE TO SIBERIA.

ARRIVAL OF £350,000 CARGO AT GRIMSBY. Two large vessels chartered by th Siberian Steamship, Manufacturing am Trading Company have just arrived a Grimsby with cargoes from the Yenese and Obi districts of Central Siberia valued at £350,000 (says the Dail; Chronicle of October 15). This is th third year in succession that the com pany lias sent out vessels under th leadership of Mr. Jonas Lied to Siberi: by way of Norway and the Kara Sea thus thoroughly proving the practieabi lity of the route in spite of the difficul ties of the They have been over come by the use of wireless telegraphj stations having been built by the Rus sian Government to communicate witl vessels and tell them which passage i freest from ice. "The outstanding result of this year' voyage," said Mr. Lied to a Chronic! representative, "has been to establisl the possibility of making use of the Oh River as well as the Yenesei.'' Hithert we have been only to the Yenesei, whicl has a great depth of and cai take a steamer of any size. On th other hand, tne river boats availabl cannot bring down more than two ship loads. "The Obi, however, has a very larg river fleet, comprising 350 steamers am a large number of barges capable a bringing down half a million tons time. It was asserted that tlijaH would not take a 'larger from 1200 to 1500 tons, closely into the matter this decided to take out the 3100 tons. That was 10ft, and we entered the slightest difficulty. "Next propoi^^m^^H expeditioj^^^^^^^^H Whcther^^^l^^m^l means be the Sihorir^^H^flj&H^HH^HH by we crs