THE SUEZ MAIL
WELLINGTON PROPOSALS APPROVED. Several more promises of snpport have been received by the Wellington Chamber of Commerce in connection with its proposal to make Wellington the port of arrival for and distribution of the inward Suez mail. The proposal, which involves the despatch of the mail from Sydney on Monday dicrecfc for Wellington, has been approved by a number of the smaller chambers, and yesterday a letter was received from the Christchurch Chamber intimating that it also will give support. Replies have not yet come to hand from the chambers in the other big centres. AUCKLAND APPROVES. PItKS? * «nci XT TOW AUCKLAND. July U. Tho council of the Auckland Chamber of Commeicc this afternoon considered the proposal of the Wellington Chamber that Wellington should be made the distributing port for the Suez mail, the proposal being that the mail should arrive at Wellington from Sydney on Friday morning and be forthwith distributed throughout the Dominion On the motion of the president (Mr Leo Myers) it was unanimously resolved to approve the proposal, provided it docs not interfere with the present weekly steam service between Auckland and Sydney.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7853, 15 July 1911, Page 4
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