EMPIRE'S MAIL SERVICES.
BLACKSOD BAY KOOTE. THE IMPORTANCE OF SENTI- | : .MENT. '" '' ':■:"' . ..-"..- '__ .',..," LONDON, Juni. 23. .Replying to an Irish deputation fa gunng Blacksod Bay (IrSS _. tfc Port of departure of the All-Red mail" (rre S d erit of the Board of Trade) .__- ■WM that the Irish route had mu_n -ew raiL. , co -! tru . ctl *_ 100 miles of to %' beS ' ld5S old lines, b_i£™S? -° f 5 f pe6d of 50 mile * an hour be_ig attained by the trains that would connect with the steamers. ' ~,_ f G^: iie declared, had not departed from their general attitude at t OO ? 1111 , inference. It was admitted f, A 1 route could not be; vlioily defended on commercial grounds. ! it-was a matter of high State policy, in I which sentiment was a factor not less ! -mportant than commercial considera-i -ions. i The claims of Ireland from the point ' of sentiment were, he continued, great j indeed. Ireland would be the last link 1 in the chain of free communities joined I by lines of rapid modern transit to the < heart of the Empire. i i
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 149, 24 June 1908, Page 5
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179EMPIRE'S MAIL SERVICES. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 149, 24 June 1908, Page 5
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