MAIL SERVICES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 16, 14 October 1907, Page 7

MAIL SERVICES.

ALLIED' iNiDTOSqp RQWESi*

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Ajjokland, QcijQber. ';\

. -;At; a mee'tifiEJ pf- .Cquapil of the: land; Chafer of oomnierp.e qu..| , ri4ay, 1 J. . H. ., ijpton tjia.- Otjambe.r.. pughf consider, .the' desirabiljty of niaking some ror'; pres'e'ntation'i:■ to : , : the; = 'Qp7ernment 'fflt- a quicker mail. sewioo.. be^e'en . New:'.-Zealand .and^pnglaud^.'';""^,/,:.: ';■'■/.)■ ■ ' .

Since the.San Branoisco l rnail.sorvice had they,'had^,been: yery great disadvantage as compared *mitjL ijlia past; 5 Sif'Joseph'-Ward might have Bomer' thing in view, ; ' 'and ropresentativos from bpdy-liko'tho'Chamber eucpurago hirai iri'getting a , better service.-He moved "That theVchairman.bp,empowered, in the name of the Chamber,', lip VmaJce representations to the Gbyernmentin thq direction of securing an' improved service;"'•■;-:-■•• '•■■ \ Mr. G. h. Peacock supported the motioni! The I 'WoUingtoff'pobple had a qn| ihe'San'Ffkndiscb Wl sdrvice, but a number ofi business !pepp)p wore already, regretting!the - discontinuance,of that '8or« vice. Ho specially favoured the ;All-Re6) rpute..., r ,/,.i^^;,..'; ) . ii "y\'- :: , : ./"-,': The ohairman (Mr. N. A. Nathan) said he ■ did not know that they would be able to secure a quicker service that tho thirty-daya via Vancpuver.' • ■ ": '. . • .-■ . : ;i,

/Mr. TJpton said "the Fiji connection should be made a more certain one. It seemed to be a" temporary arrangement at present.

' Mr. "M'Callum remarked that tho service from Vancouver to New Zealand was not

what, it might ..be,

' chaimraii: Tiiei mail in plenty , of-'timo.at Fiji,-but it waits-thpro for tea \ (lays generally: ;f'\ : . " , : '. .-. .'

Mr.--G. L". Peacock: Those, mail routea with ports of cprine.ction aro always unsati's'fa'ctor'y.''l..'.'...o'.'.t'.■;,■'.'■;: '" ' .'.. :

Mr. T. Peacock: The chief thing is that we waut a faster service, and we can leave the routo. to Sir' Joseph Vyard.

Blr. J. M. Mennio regretted the shabby . treatment", accorded the San Fraucisco service.' Time"was when £100,000 per anuuin was'paid : for" that. The population of the Dominion was then.much but latterly . had •cut; down! tho subsidy to £20,000. If ■ wo had cut down tho subsidy to £20,000. If and given. them ryaspnablo subsidy, say £50,000, tvo might"h'avo had tho service yet. Tho people in Auckland, and oven in AVcllington and the South, no\v saw tho value oi the 'Frisco service. ■ .

Mr. Q. Aitkiu: Tho 'Frisco sorvice was the host and cheapest route wu ever had. ,:

<J\lr. Koht supported thn'proposal. "The 'Frisco servioo was *'an'" osccllent ono, and it is a thousand pitios wo lost it," ho said.

Tho chairman said hq would make it his business at tho earliest momont to comniunicate with Sir Joseph Ward, ajid put .tho views of tho Chamber before, him.

The mptiori was agreed to,

In replying to the suggestion of the Cham» her that 'the'"steamers leaving Wellington on Fridays for Sydney should bo dplaycd till eight p.m., the Postmaster General wrote stating that the ■Onion' Company-had informed him that an eight p.ni. Bailing, eveil in tho oaso of tho faster steamers, would bo liablo to jeopardise the connection in the event of- bad weather, "and that as tho hour of Balling of tho slosvor boats employed, obnld not bo cxtbndcd, tho regularity of the. service would bo impaired., It ■ was, thony fore, desirable that tho four p.m.- sailing, should'bo adhered to.

Tho ohairman said tho Auckland mails to' catch the Subis ! ebnnootion via ■ AVolHngton had to, leave libro oh 1 Wednesday, which was too early. Tho mails should leave Auckland on Thursday.

'■■■■'Mr.- Uptori considered- it was better to hayft spmo waste time in Wellington rathci than out tho train and boat oonection in Wellington too fine. They had tho-Mondar mail in Auckland. ,