SYDNEY TO LONDON.
IN TWENTY-ONE DAYS. Electric Telegraph—Press Association Copyright London, Last Night. It is reported that substantial progress has been made .with the scheme for establishing an express mail service between Jlritain and Australasia, via Canada. Several British shipowning firms are interested and are treating with a Canadian syndicate to purchase 400,000 acres at Cape Saint Charles, Labrador, to establish an icefree port. It is proposed to construct a trans-continental railway to the Pacific It is claimed trat the journey to Ixmdon, via Winnipeg, will he performed in five days, with an additional 16 to Sydney. Blaoksod Bay will he the headquarters of the service on this side, connecting by a special railway with the main service at Sligo. Th promoters have arrived at Ottawa to enlist the support of the Canadian Government.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 4656, 9 October 1913, Page 5
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134SYDNEY TO LONDON. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 4656, 9 October 1913, Page 5
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