AUSTRALIAN MAILS.
vPress Assn. — By Telegraph. — Copyright.) SYDNEY, March 8. A Chamber of Commerce deputation interviewed Mr Reid and the Federal Postmaster-General. They asked for the reinstatement of the weekly mail service. They strongly protested that tlie present unsatisfactory arrangement was causing great inconvenience and monetary loss. They urged that .such a retrograde move, men't placed Australia in a humiliating position in the eyes of the world. The poundage system did not guarantee an adequate service. The pinch would soon be much more severely felt. They considered the conventem.ee' and 'gain of a' weekly ■ service- worth a Uai'gev suni thaii the Government seemed to think reasonable.' One inenibar said the money loss on trade by the fortnightly service was a hundred, pounds, and most of this fell aa the ; pixxilucers. : ;•■. ; ■•<, The Postmaster-General said the . Government wpje fully alive to. the importance of a weekly sen-ice, if obtainable at a reasonable prise ; ; £140,000 was asked by the Orient Company. If was ( too much, and was £79,000 more thaii' was now paid. 'He contended that increased trade should cause a decrease of subsidy. The Orient Company assured him that the white ocean question had nothing to do with the matter.
Mr Reid endorsed the , Postmaster--■General's statement. The Orient Company,'in seeking for the increase, had. not given a single argument that, would appeal to a business man. They practically said •the company was , not paying. He was not Socialist enough t'o take on his Shoulders a big non-paying company.- He promised further consideration, but tke Government could not, ask Parliament for am enormous increase in border to make thu Orient Company financial. He, had re. ceived an offer from., another company. If it proved satisfactory they would make special arrangements until the new service oculd start. " . "Surely," added Mr Reid, "throughout the world avp can find .somebody to whom we can <talk business- on the matter."
Japan horse-buyers have purchased 110 splendid horses from the Gloucester estate, New South Wales,, at an average ., iprice of £18 each. .'*..' . ,' . . .., ■'. .■_,, . .1
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10302, 9 March 1905, Page 4
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