I1EU LII FOR IE SOUTH PACIFIC Steamers to Run From San Francisco lo Australia; Mail Contract Helps. WASmXCTOX. Dec. 22. President Presi-dent Tiift. J'ostinnstcr (ioueral JJitoIi-rock, JJitoIi-rock, Solififor floneriil licliinimn ami Ass'uiUnit Secret iry oi- tho Xr.vj- "Win-throp "Win-throp today approved a pl'iu proposed ly Sonator Perkins and Heprnsent.'iUvc Kahn of California, denipned to re-Htore re-Htore to the couth Pacific ocean carrying carry-ing trade two American atenniers f.nd nut I lift American flaj; oner again on lw Sail Fniiicifco Anstralin rout i. Within :i Jew da a Postmaster OVn mil JMlchcm-k will" ndvertiao for bids for the ciirryint: of mn.il from Srn Frnnoi-iOo to isylncy, IsT. tf. V by Kay of Honolulu nnd Piico-rngo, tho American Ameri-can naval station in tho Samoau iu lantls. Thn Oceanic Stcmship compny of j?:in 1'rancisco, roprOeontatlvcs of which wore present at the White house conference, si and rcad3 to bid for tho mall contracts. Under tho net of tsJU I ho yovorinnenf; can irrant a mile to American voxels carrying mail, and wit li this government "nshistanco the Californiana hopo to acin put -American bottotiiH in tho south Pacific trade. Tho mails between Sydney and the Pacific eoiust are now carried in Kiij;-lish Kiij;-lish fitenmers which dock, at Vancouver, B. C. Tho .San Francibcans who control con-trol the Oceanic Steamship company oxpoct to put two Hteamers in operation by next .Inly if they arc awarded the mail contracts. Six years ayo this company operated a San Francisco-Sydney line, but was unable to Jiialco it pay. With tho introduction in-troduction of tho oil" burner and the 80;urinjr of mail contracts it expects to make a sneres of tho line. PAN" FHANCISCO, Dec. 22. Tim two steamers Mint tho Oceanl company purposes pur-poses ptaclntr In thr- Kourn PocllUt carry-Iiil' carry-Iiil' Iraile, If nwaidcO tlio mull contracts, under thn nlmi approved today by government govern-ment oftlclalx, arn tho Sonoma and Ventura. Ven-tura. TheF" vysel--. which formorly tvero used In tlie Australiiiii tnid'", have t)ecn laJrl up hero since I'.iOti, having been taken ta-ken out of commltsntoii at that time be-cannc be-cannc of the lack of profit In their operation. opera-tion. The boat are nor.' lMnp ovcrhauldl and equipped with oil humors In I he oeotatfon of a resumption of south Pa-citlc Pa-citlc service. 'I'lir pllsht of he Sonoma and .Ventura, has often been featured In support of argument? for Flilp anbsldy.