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No. 124. The General Manager, Union Steam Ship Company, Dunedin, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Dunedin, 6th July, 1911. Sir James Mills cabled yesterday that there was not time discuss Fanning Island with Sir Joseph Ward. He had been asked to take up question with the Cable Board. Expect we shall hear something from him later.

No. 125. The High Commissioner to the Hon. the Acting Prime Minister. Sir, — Westminster Chambers, 1.3 Victoria Street, London S.W., 6th July, 1911. I have the honour to refer to your cablegram of the 30th May, reading as follows [see No. 98]. As desired, I duly communicated with Sir Joseph Ward, and on the 19th ultimo received from him a letter, dated 17th, of which a copy is enclosed [No. 108], covering copy of memorandum from Sir Matthew Nathan [No. 108], the Secretary of the General Post Office, on the subject. I accordingly sent to you on the 27th ultimo the following cabled message in reply to yours [No. 116]. By direction of the Right Hon. the Prime Minister, I have informed Sir Matthew Nathan that the suggestion contained in the last paragraph of his memorandum of the 16th June is, in the meantime, agreed to. A copy of my letter, so informing him, is enclosed. I have, &c, The Hon. the Acting Prime Minister, Wellington. Wm. Hall-Jones. [Vane. Misc. li/297-B.]

Enclosure in No. 125. The High Commissioner to the Secretary, General Post Office, London. Str,— 13 Victoria Street, London S.W., Ist July, 1911. Referring to your letter to Sir Joseph Ward of the 16th ultimo, with regard to the speedy transmission of mails across America in connection with the Vancouver service, Sir Joseph Ward desires me to inform you that inquiries are being made to ascertain whether the train service across America cannot be reduced, and that in the meantime the suggestion contained in the last paragraph of your letter—namely, that your Department should be allowed to arrange the latest possible posting, having in view the connection at Vancouver —is agreed to. I have, &c. Wm. Hall-Jones. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan, G.C.M.G., Secretary, General Post Office, E.C. [Vane. Misc. 11/294.] _^^^^^^^^^^^^^

No. 126. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the General Manager, Union Steam Ship Company, Dunedin. Sir,— General Post Office, Wellington, 10th July, 1911. I have the honour to refer to your letter of the 19th April last [No. 143, F.-6, 1911] submitting a time-table for the Vancouver mail-service, and, in reply, to inform you that the time-table is approved by the Postmaster-General. I enclose a copy [not printed] as printed by this Department. I have, &c, D. Robertson, Secretary. The General Manager, Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (Limited), Dunedin. [Vane. Misc. 11/200.]

No. 127. The Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists, Wellington, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists, Wellington, (Memorandum.) 12th July, 1911. In reply to your memorandum of the 6th July, kindly note that the Hon. Minister of Industries and Commerce has approved of the following arrangements in regard to the reservation of refrigerated space for_New Zealand shippers by the Vancouver service:— >■*- (1.) That 10,000 cubic feet of refrigerated space in each of the steamers "Marama" and " Makura " and 5,000 cubic feet in the " Zealandia " be reserved until the Ist September next for New Zealand shipments to be made till the 31st July, 1912. The balance of the cold-storage beyond the 10,000 cubic feet in the " Marama " and " Makura " and^s,ooo cubic feet in the " Zealandia "be allotted by the company as soon as practicable to New Zealand shippers who have already applied, and, after these are satisfied, to Australian shippers. Any part of the 10,000 cubic feet in the " Marama " and " Makura," and 5,000 cubic feet in the " Zealandia " remaining unapplied for by New Zealand shippers on the Ist September to be available for Australian shippers, provided that 2,000 cubic feet in each ship shall be reserved for New Zealand shippers until twenty-eight days before the vessel is appointed to leave Sydney.