MAILS FROM SYDNEY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14708, 16 June 1911, Page 5

MAILS FROM SYDNEY.

. CLAIMS OF WELLINGTON. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TAKES ACTION. [BY TELEGRAPH. OWN* CORRESPONDENT.] ■} Wellington, Thursday. THE various Chambers of Commerce in New' Zealand are being circularised by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce with reference to its proposal that Wellington should bo made the distributing port for the inward Suez mail. The Wellington Chamber considers that strong representations should be made to the Government and the steamship company concerned, urging the desirability of arrangements being made for the steamer carrying that mail to leavo Sydney on Mondays, so as to reach Wellington on Friday morning, as thereby Auckland would receive its mail sooner than at present, while the rest of the Dominion would also receive a distinct advantage from this altered arrangement.

Mr.' C. W. Carroll (acting-secretary of the Wellington Chamber), in the circular which has been issued to other Chambers, says : —" You will readily see that if this proposal were carried out a very considerable improvement would be effected. My council is assured on very good authority that the scheme is quite workable, the only practical obstacle being that possibly it might necessitate the vessels engaged ill the service coaling at dearer markets than at present, and therefore, that some increased subsidy would become necessary, but this would not bo a very material increase on the present amount. My council would be glad if your Chamber would consider the subject and favour us with an expression of opinion on the proposal at as early a date as possible, as they would like to know that they had the sympathy and support of a largo majority of the other Chambers throughout the Dominion (to whom similar letters have been sent) before approaching the Government and steamship company."