THE SYDNEY-SUEZ MAIL.
A £15,000 SUBSIDY. Further papers! relating to the ocean mail services wero : presented to Parliament yes-. terday. ft , Wntghg on , Juiy 1 last-to the Union, Steam Ship ..Company, the- secretary of the G.1'.0. stated that the Postmaster-General was prepared to. consider payment of-a subsidy of £10,000 per annum, without gratuities, for a weekly Friday steamer from Wellington to Sydney. , Koplying. ,on. July 6,-.'.Mr. - Holdsworth, general manager, of tho company, referred to the."arduous" and " oxpensivo " nature of the service He stated that his company and the Hudtlart-Parker Company would ho prepared to giyo the service for', the £10,000 subsidy, plus the ordinary gratuities for mails carried at present rates. Subsequently,. at an interview,. tho Post-master-General offered £15 ; 000 per annum, without gratuities, and this the companies concerned accepted, though it is understood that there is to be no penalty in case of failure to connect.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 52, 25 November 1907, Page 5
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147THE SYDNEY-SUEZ MAIL. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 52, 25 November 1907, Page 5
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