THE ISLAND TRADE.
A COSTLY SCHEME. (By Telegraph—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Union Steamship Co., replying to a communication from the Government regarding the opening of a direct service between Wellington and the Cook and Society Group alternatively with Auckland, states that £1500 a month would be required, half of which, about £10,000 a year would have to be supplied by the Government to form a subsidy. The company consider there is no present prospects of the proposed service being self-supporting. The Government have again written asking the company to run a mail service during the best months of the year, but no reply has been received.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 190, 10 August 1904, Page 5
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108THE ISLAND TRADE. Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 190, 10 August 1904, Page 5
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