NEW MAIL ROUTE.
ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA. Press Aseociation-Bv Telagrapb-Copvright MELBOURNE, March "10. The Postal Department ia considering a Colonial Office . despatch dealing with the question of opening the trans-Andine railway. The suggestion is to shorten tht mail route between Australia and gland. It is estimated that tho mails from E.tiglnnd could be landed in Sydney in 27 days. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Marcli 15. Tu reference to the London cable message ooiicernir.;; the suggested mail route, inouirios made amoiuc-st conmierci;il people elicited the information that any route which will shorten communication with London will naturally ho welcomed, hut at the same time it iK.teli that the- route via South. America will nrrt compare witli those via San Francisco or Vancouver. At Valparaiso there is no- harbour, and ships to srand one in tho onsn roadstead, ii-ere aiv no trade prospects to bo cciiSjd'.M-ed, as wheat, and minerals r.ro Die main exports from the Chilian port. iM'om TVeilinnton -to \ nlnara2>o the present trade ronte. J;. op.o mslc>. r-nd with, an ad-f-r-d ziT. :\\ io-:ru'.\v nf somo 1 -700 miles acro-r. Amonoa, }t i* not eon.v.ucicd ». -ial- tho savivKr will b? verv La-eat.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14156, 16 March 1910, Page 5
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190NEW MAIL ROUTE. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14156, 16 March 1910, Page 5
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