MAILS FROM TARANAKI.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1926, Page 11

MAILS FROM TARANAKI.

.... - » -- I — SUGGESTED MOTOR SERVICE. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VIEW NOT IN FAVOUR OF SUGGESTION. Taranaki people have welcomed the advent of the Daylight Limited express because, in their opinion, it has brought New Plymouth in closer touch witii Auckland. An overland car service i has been inaugurated between Hamil--1 ton and New Plymouth, and passengers can leave Auckland by the express at 7.53 a.m. and be in the Taranaki town before 6 p.m. the same day. Whether this fact should be resonsible for the Railway Department keeping the Daylight express running all the year is another matter. It might be mentioned in passing, however, that up to the present the Daylight from Auckland has not been well patronised, and the Hamilton-New Plymouth connection has not come up to expectations. Now the New Plymouth people are endeavouring to have the postal authorities establish a motor mail service between that place and Auckland. A letter received by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce has conveyed this information. It is proposed to make the connection at Te Kuiti. Mail by this service, if such were established, would leave Xew Plymouth by service car at 12.30 p.m. for Te Kuiti and arrive at Auckland at 11.10 p.m. the same day. The Tarana'<i Chamber of Commerce maintains that correspondence forwarded by this mail from New Plymouth would roach business houses in Auckland first thing next morning, thus permitting a reply to be dispatched on the same day. It was contended that a saving of "24 hours on mail from New Plymouth to Auckdand would be the seult. The communication concluded y stating that the taranaki Chamber of Commerce thought that a service such as the one suggested would be greatly appreciated by business people in Auckland. • hidsring by remarks passed at the council meeting of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon the proposal does not meet with approval, and it was accorded no support. During discussion it was pointed out that there would be little or no saving in time, and that the steamer service between Onehunga and Xew Plymouth was quite satisfactory as far as mails were concerned. One member voiced the opinion that the Postal Department would not hear of such a proceeding. After further discussion the whole matter was referred to the executive committee, with power to act.