EXTENDED MAIL SUBSIDY
LAPSE OF THE BLUFF SERVICE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The fact that the extended Government mail subsidy on the steamer service between Australia and South Island ports has lapsed was mentioned to-day by the Postmaster-General (the Hon. J. B. Donald). Last year the Union Company entered into an arrangement with the Government to place an extra steamer on the run between Melbourne and Wellington and South Island ports. The subsidy for the mail service was fixed at £38,000 a year, to be paid by the Post and Telegraph Department. However, the Manuka, which with the Maheno was to carry on the new service, was wrecked on December 16 of last year. As she has not yet been replaced the augmented subsidy has lapsed and the Union Company is now subsidised only bn the old rate for one vessel.
“I do not think any steps have yet been taken to replace the Manuka,” Mr. Donald said. “Following her loss the Government’s arrangement with the Union Company definitely lapsed, but if another vessel were available for the service the matter would probably be reconsidered.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1930, Page 11
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