Mr, Sauiuol T. Wliitohouso, sccrotnry of the Thames Land, Building ittitl lnvostment bocioly, will visit Wailii on Wed. nesday next on business in connection with t!ia institution, Steaming down Southampton the other day with a pnrty of guests oi tho directors of tho Castlo Union Steamship Company, wo (I'liiio, on turivtil at port, on it meltmcholy eight (stiyti n London correspondent). No fewer than eight oi the Bt»amers ot this great line were laid up. idlo for hick of freight uml ptissongors. The steamer on which wc voyngod was bound for tho Cape, picking up passengers mid utai's at Southampton. But tho cabins mid tiro holds were alike only hah full. Mentioning this to the Chaiiniun of one ol the Atlantic steamship oompanins, he told 1110 tlnitcxacily thesamn thing prevails on that groat highway, None of tho lines, British, American, or Gorman, is do. ingwell, Nor is there immediate prospect of improvement. Wc seem to bo in ono of the cycles of depression following upon excessive activity, All ',hc same, shipbuilding goo 3 on. In addition to tlui two colossal fast steamers tlio Cunard Company are building with money lent tit low rate of interest by the Government, they have two iino ships appion-hing comple tion. Ono will be launched next month, the other one in August. This is the req.ilt of competition, Sloamship companies wkk a reputation to lose must keep nbreast oven abend of their competitors, albeit their ships are not earning wages mid coal outlay, Tho world's greatest production for ojughs, cold 3, bronchial and lung uiliuonts is undoubtedly Tuaicuiu. All those [.tifioring should givo litis invalmiblo uwdl cine a trial.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1055, 1 August 1904, Page 3
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274Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1055, 1 August 1904, Page 3
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