THE GUINEA POEM!

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 126, 4 June 1910, Page 5

THE GUINEA POEM!

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Lord Crewe, in a despatch to tltef .Postmaster-General of the Commonwealth, points out that the new railway across the Andes provides 3}. short route for the .Australian mailg., The despatch estimates that, witnl the co-operation of, rapid steamship setrvices,, the . English niailsV', wbulcjt reach Sydney by the South American)' itoute in 27 days—ls days to Buenoa Ayres, ,two days'' rail to Valparaiso, and 10 days thence ,to Sydney. TheY present contract .. jingles for the" carriage of the vmailSi'.?vi{< Naples, are:j 31 days to Sydney';; 3j3 /to Melbourne,;, and 29 to Adelaide.. The Commonwealth Government's mail contract with the Orient Company does noir. expire until 1920. ,: .