THE EFFECTS OF THE PANAMA CANAL ON NEW ZEALAND.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1084, 8 May 1882, Page 2

THE EFFECTS OF THE PANAMA CANAL ON NEW ZEALAND.

» Writing on this subject Mitchell'sMaritime Register remarks : — " The* opening of the canal would do more, for the colony of New Zealand than any other of our colonies. It is possible to land mails there in thirtyeight or forty days from this country, via San Francisco, and thence by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's, boats. Those conveyed by Brindisi and Suez take six or seven days longer. When the Pacific service was first established the mails were transported across the Isthmus of Panama, and then reshipped for London, but the vessels were frequently delayed, from, quarantine and other causes, for some * weeks, and, consequently, the route was not popular with passengers. When the canal has been constructed, there seems to be no adequate reason why the old route should not be adopted once more. As compared with the Suez Canal route, there will be a saving of 1155 miles while the distance between New York and Auckland will be 3000 miles less than by Cape Horn. If the United States should hereafter modify its tariff, the Americans may easily seize a portion of our trade with that colony. In any case New Zea* land will for the future be far less dependent upon Australia than she has j hitherto been, and a great impetus will j be given to her trade generally."