VANCOUVER SERVICE.
A POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S ENQUIRIES. SHOULD BE PUT ON A BETTER FOOTING NEW ZEALAND INTERESTS. Bj Telegraph. — Presi Association. — Ccpyrigbt. (Received May 11, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Federal Postmaster-General (Mr. J. Thomas) is -visiting Sydney to obtain information with a view to improving the Vancouver service. He is anxious that it should be put on a better footing and considers the present annual tenure very unsatisfactory. Personally, he said in an interview, he favoured the vessels calling at Auckland if it could be done without detriment to Australia's interest. It seemed to him that such a call would be an advantage to the Commonwealth, as it would mean larger and swifter steamers. Apart from the question of mails th© aspect of being able to open up markets for Australian produce appealed strongly to him. There was no intention of dropping Brisbane as a port of call. Given swifter steamers — and he thought they could be arranged for at less cost than was now being paid — the inclusion of New Zealand would not appreciably lengthen the voyage. He was hopeful, also, as trade developed, to be abl© to reduce the cable rates, so that business people- would find cabling preferable to mailing letters.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 110, 11 May 1910, Page 7
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204VANCOUVER SERVICE. Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 110, 11 May 1910, Page 7
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