A SPEEDY DELIVERY OF MAILS
A despatch from New York, dated November 8, says that when the' Cunard liner Umbria sails this morning' she will carry a. batch of mail matter that arrived in San Francisco last Monday on the steamer Ventura from Sydney and Auckland. Itwilt be the- speediest delivery ever accomplished—move than half-way round the world by steam at sea. and steam on land, and steamer at sea again in less than 30 days. Tho New York Central Railroad will deliver the mail bags on board the Cunardcr within five minutes of her sailinsr time this morning." and the steamer will have the letters in London Post Office on the morning of November' 16.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 4 December 1901, Page 2
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116A SPEEDY DELIVERY OF MAILS Wanganui Chronicle, 4 December 1901, Page 2
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