South Sea Excursion.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4730, 5 March 1884, Page 2

South Sea Excursion.

The Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, whioh has for some yean past conducted so successfully the samtner excursions around the coasts of New Zealand, has made arrangements for a new departure during the next few months in the form of a more extended excursion in the South Seas. The trip has already been referred to in the New Zealand papers, which hare given an indication of the company's intentions. It is announced that one of the best steamers of the line —the Wairarapa—will leave Auckland at about the Ist of June, and visit many of the charming South ■ Sea Islands, including, the Fiji group, Tonga, and Samoa. The time occupied on the excursion will be about 30 days from Auckland and about six weeks from Duncdin. The company is stated to have made complete arrangements for the comfort of passengers, not omitting the fitting up of the steamer with refrigerating apparatus, so as to have a suuply, of fresh provisions throughout. The thorough^ attention which has always been paid on the New Zealand coast excursions to the wants of the voyagers, both in this direction and in affording them the most ample opportunities for sight-seeing, sketching, fishing, and other sport and means of amusement, should highly commend to excursionists the still more attractive and interesting trip which the Union Company is now organising,—Australasian.