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No. 261

The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the General Manager, Union Steam Ship Company, Dunedin. Sir, — General Post Office, Wellington, 18th September, 1911. Ifbeg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th instant. I note the position. lam not quite clear from your letter whether you mean that it is impossible to make any change from the present time-table or whether you are still hopeful of coming to some arrangement with the A.U.S.N. Company. Perhaps you will kindly advise me. I have, &c, D. Robertson, Secretary. The General Manager, Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (Limited), Dunedin.

No. 262. The General Manager, Union Steam Ship Company, Dunedin, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (Limited), Sir, — Dunedin, 29th September, 1911. I have to acknowledge due receipt of your letter of the 18th instant. The object of our letter of the 13th instant was to show the difficulties in the way of making an alteration in the running of the local steamer between Auckland and Fiji that would be satisfactory to all concerned. We are hopeful of eventually coming to an arrangement with the A.U.S.N. Company, but before pressing them further we wish to know whether the proposal mentioned in the last paragraph of our letter —viz., to make the " Navua " a week later than at present —would be satisfactory to you. _ I have, &c, R. McK. McLennan, for General Manager. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington.

No. 263. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the General Manager, Union Steam Ship Company, Dunedin. Sir,- — General Post Office, Wellington, 7th November, 1911. In reference to your letter of the 29th September last, asking whether it would meet requirements if the " Navua " were to leave a week later than at present, 1 regret to inform you that the proposed alteration would not be satisfactory. It is considered that as both the Auckland-Fiji and the Auckland-Vancouver mail-services are subsidized, there should be a much longer interval than five days. I have, &c, D. Robertson, Secretary. The General Manager, Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (Limited), Dunedin.

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