THE AUSTRALI \N-AMERICAN MAILS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1617, 23 July 1887, Page 3

THE AUSTRALI \N- AMERICAN MAILS.

It !■ looming np m the near future that the present contractors, J. D. Spreckles »nd Company, for carrying the malls to And from Auckland- and Sydney and. the United St&te*| and atio English mail matter In trarilt, will hare to contest with the Canadian Paoific for that privilege. This Company, which is reaching oat m erery direction for business on the Pacific, hai made a bid for the work, cff rlcg to run steamers and connecting trains at such % rate of speed that the English mails will reach their destination m thirty days, & reioction of 48 hoars m the time made by the Sprecklei steamers, the owre i of which have, m consequence, bcea stirred up to seek engage mants with the Railway Company, by which quicker time across the continent can be made. They even proposa to*drop the mails at San D ejo down toe coaßt, to be fotwarded east by w»y of San Francisco, and at Chinson to Peka, via Santa Fe. By th s nceins it is estimated that at least 24 hours In the throagb time can be saved. The ' .probability of a change m the stopping places of the New Zealand mail b learners is cot good news to the railroad agent] to San Francisco, some of whom derive a very good income from the British tourist travellers. However, sb far as the whole matter 1b concerned, there can be no question of a chaDge of any kind until (he expiration of the present contract, a year from next November.