OCEAN MAIL VICES.
POST OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Tuesday. The annual report of the PostmasterGeneral, presented to Parliament to-day. makes reference to the ocean mail services. From;. July 26, 1907, it is stated, th« subsidised steamer from Wellington to Sydney sailed regularly every Friday, making a close connection, except in two instances, with the outward Suez mail at Sydney. The sum of £15,000 for 12 months is paid to the Union Steam Ship Company for the service." '' ; \ ; \-. ' Messrs. Andrew Weir and Co., an English shipping firm, established a regular service, called the Australian ' Mail Line, between America, New Zealand, and Australia, as from August 30 last, and the firm's offer to the United States Postal Department was accepted for the conveyance of mails to New Zealand and Australia. The time allowed between San Francisco and New Zealand is about 23 days, but " the average of the first nine voyages was a little over 26 days.' From-March 30, 1908, the steamers have called at on the outward voyage from Australia. .English mails from the Dominion are not forwarded by this route, but small mails from the United Kingdom are received when nc better despatch offers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13796, 8 July 1908, Page 7
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OCEAN MAIL VICES.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13796, 8 July 1908, Page 7
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