VANCOUVER MAIL SERVICE

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7215, 28 November 1888, Page 5

VANCOUVER MAIL SERVICE

SIR DILLON BELL'S NEGOTIAfIONSi Writing on October lath tins ArgusLxm<don cowespoadeßttayii-' . httve been r*;6p€ne<J Wlttt the' CafiadlJin PwUlcßftilway Company fbr the establishment of a iietweeji Vancouver ! and Sit E , . pilloa Beji,' the Agent-General fot'New Zealand, has been in communication with the Cooipany on the subject in view of the early abandonoient of the Sap Franeieco service, and the Company have made overtures to Mr Archer, the Agenb-General for Qaeebslaad; with 1 the view-to feffangtog a service to alternate with the British indla TluCfcnadianPACiflcColnpauy propose to place vessels of the very highest class ou the route and to make, the moat Complete arrangemente for the cem« fort of passengers. Already arrangements have been made tor t&VAUantic steamer* iv connection with.the tnaij. service to JaJttiQ..China, aba Bt>Dg Konß. It k inf tended that the farce shall not exceed those of the-P.'■ and ©.'and Orient Com* panics, and that the connections shall b# tnaeagediioo tbut uiere will be no necessity ■ lor additional hotel «r. other ex» peuses. The through tickets will Include sleeping and dining accommodation on the r*u«ray jouernfey. The Company ere confident of being able to maintain an uninterrupted service, «ad > us they have already had experience of two Winters without suffering a serfdtissnowblttsk, thoifionfldence appear* tt» b* justified. 'tHey ate under heavy oenalties in connection with the China«ad llonir Keng Service, which as yet there has T>een uo occasion bo enforce. The Company are prepared to perform the service ■ for passengers and mails between London and Brisbane under thuiy-flve days, calling at Honolulu -aud Fiji, a branch steamer taking the «ew Zealand iueils from Fiji t0 Auckland. Whether the New Zealand Government will be diet posed to accede to such an arrangement remains to beseen, but Can it no doubt that , Queensland and New South Waiee would have reason to be satisfied with such a service, for the Company believe they will be able to complete (he journey in thirty-two dajs, which, for those eotoniea, would make the service speedier than those of the P. and O. and Orient Companies. As to the araouni of subsidy required the Company axe natu* rally reticent, but they state that if the three colonies can be induced to co-operate the Canadian and EuglisU Governments are inclined to deal liberally In the matter, and that a substantial saving <uay be effected by the colonies upon existing arrangemente.