THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.
QUESTION OF NEW STEAMERS. STATEMENT BY THE NEW ZEA- S LAND MANAGER. By Telegraph —Press Association. AUCKLAND, January 5. Mr'Sproule, the New Zealand manager *of the Spreckels Company, says the matter of getting new steamers depends a good deal on the fate of proposals now before the United States Senate for increasing the subsidies of American mail steamers. If these proposals are parried, the company will seriously entertain the idea of building or purchasing two larger and faster steamers. At present it is difficult to obtain suitable tonnage, either at this or the San Francisco end, to assist in the service. The time-table was well maintained for five years, and it is only nine months since the firstjlapse. The company meant to improve the service just as soon as a certain combination of circumstances now developing would permit. One of the most serious difficulties has been the impossibility of getting a proper class of firemen owing to the high labour rates ruling in San Francisco.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8326, 7 January 1907, Page 5
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169THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8326, 7 January 1907, Page 5
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