SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—Tn your issue of this morning Mr. 1. Lawry asks, "Who lias been tho implacable opponent of Auckland as the port of call for the San Francisco service ?" and ho answers the question apparently very much to his own satisfaction—" Captain Russell." Now, if Mr. La wry will turn to Hansard of November 3, 1893, lie will find that Captain Russell, in speaking 011 tho subject of ocean mail service, expressed himself in tho following terms:—"Undeniably tho San Francisco service v.as the most rapid moans of communication we could have with the Mother Country. and it was desirable they should concentrate 'lioir efforts moro upon that service than upon any other. ... Ho recognised that Auckland was the natural port of arrival to wliich the San Francisco mail must go. It iras the nearest port 111 New Zealand from America to Australia, and as they had to depend more or less for assistance from tho Australian colonies, Auckland should bo tho pointy of arrival and departure of this service." Comment is needless: I think the answer to Mr. Lawry is complete.— am. etc.. W. F. Massev. Mangere, May 10, 1899.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11060, 11 May 1899, Page 7
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196SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11060, 11 May 1899, Page 7
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