Japan has to meet' formidable foes in her mercantile navigation in the Southern Pacific, While navigation in the Southern Pacific North American run by way of Honolulu has been a practical monopoly of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, that company will have to meet with the competition of the Canadian Pacific S. N.
Company in future.
'A message reaching here to-day from Honolulu reports the first. Empress boat arrived there amidst the enthusiastic welcome of the local community. The first Empress boat that made a call at Honolulu on her way to Vancouver was the Empress of Canada, which rived there on December 13. The steamer will be followed by two other Empress of Asia, the three making the call the: Hawaiian port regularly on their run on the Pacific hereafter. is said that the Dollar Company steamers are already making calls regularly at Honolulu—Rengo.
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