MAIL SERVICES.
1 ■ / . Wo never shared Sir Joseph AVard’s sanguine view that this country could afford or wptild be Willing to pay an inordinate subsidy for the conveyance of its mails by tlie route which, in every respect but that of cost, is plainly the best, and Australia’s defection now makes it necessary for him either to increase his estimate or to reduce his demands. The second is clearly the preferable alternative. If Sir Joseph Ward will bring matters to a head before he leaves London, and get a definite negative, he will be free to turn his energies to the humbler task of cooperating with Canada and Australia for the improvement of the present Vancouver service.—Wellington ‘Post.’
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2597, 3 September 1909, Page 2
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118MAIL SERVICES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2597, 3 September 1909, Page 2
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