The 'All-Red Route', 1893-1953 : a history of the trans-Pacific mail service between British Columbia, Australia, and New Zealand
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Hamilton, J. H.
issued: 2019-06-27
issued: 1959
description: "Cover title. Reprinted from the British Columbia historical quarterly, v. 20, 1956, p. 1-126."-- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 222.
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extent: iv unnumbered pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 129 pages : photographs, portraits, facsimile ; 25 cm
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note: The "All-Red Route" 1893-1953 A History of the Trans-Pacific Mail Service between British Columbia, Australia, and New Zealand By J. H. HAMILTON REPRINTED FROM THE BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORICAL QUARTERLY JANUARY-APRIL, 1956 (2 0* THE "ALL-RED ROUTE," 1893-1953 CONTENTS The early days of passenger and mail services across the Pacific between Australasia and the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada. Establishment of a regular service between Sydney, New South Wales, and Vancouver. James Huddart secures subsidy from Canadian and New South Wales Governments . First ship of Huddart's line arrives at Vancouver in June, 1893, followed by sister ship one month later. A third was added in 1897 Huddart fails to secure support from British government for his plans to establish a trans-Atlantic service from Canada to the United Kingdom. Application made in London for winding-up order of Huddart's " Canadian Australian Royal Mail Company." Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand acquires property and assets of the defunct company James Huddart and Sir James Mills: a comparison. The Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand takes over. Development and extension of the service. Replacement of the pioneer ships. War services of the various ships Page 1-14 14-22 22-40 41-47 47-90 Crisis and challenge, 1930. Canadian Pacific Railway Company acquires, half interest in the remaining two ships, Aorangi II and Niagara. Loss of the Niagara in 1940. Plans for developing service, by the addition of two new ships, abandoned as impracticable. Service terminated in 1953 90-100 Appendix I.—Subsidies and ports of calL. 101-117 Appendix II.—Alphabetical list of steamers of the Technical data. Brief histories of the vessels * All-Red Route." Appendix III.—Vancouver offices and officials Appendix IV.—Plans of the proposed new ships for the Canadian Australasian Line, 1938, hitherto undisclosed 118-122 123-124 125 Acknowledgments Illustrations: Aorangi II 126 Miowera at the dock, Vancouver.. Wa…
note: Includes an index. Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10365654 Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection
has type: Books
identifier: HE945.C2 H2
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0383340
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [Victoria] : Don McDiarmid
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. HE945.C2 H2
subject: Mail steamers--Pacific Ocean
subject: Steam-navigation--Pacific Ocean
type: Text