DIRECT STEAM SERVICE.
[by .teleorapu.:—own correspondent./] CußisTununcn, Thursday. The Press here is'not at all surpriscd at the non-rcceipt of tenders for,, the steam-service. < They consider, the conditions' too-vexatious-for any.,company to tender ;at> the pnceiof ! £20,000,:. as the. restrictions -imposed;by the terms of thov'coiitract. would virtually place the company,.at. the mercy of Ag<-nt-General. in■;■, London.. ■■■■■Notwithstanding this repulse, the: Press: think another., attempt ought to bo made.;on altered conditions, ;ao that a good direct-.line shall be insured for a sufficient - term, .to give: the movement a firm basis. i 1
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6696, 4 May 1883, Page 5
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