ALL RED ROUTE.
i. 6 i,, . - 3 COMMONWEALTH ASKED FOR A SUBSIDY GANADA MENTIONS £75,000. : \ t * I MR/ FISHER WILL REQUIRE TIME. 5 (DS TEtEQIIAI-H—l-UESS ASSOCIATION—COPIBIOHT.) I (Rec. January 6, 1.15 a.m.) i ; Melbourne, January} % { Mr.' R. M. Coulter'(Canadian Deputy e Postmaster-General):interviewed .the.Federal ». Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) and Postmasters Genoral(Mr. Thomas) in connection with the e All Red Route, and suggested that Australia" r should contribute a subsidy of £75,000 a i year .'■, ■'•:■ ;.,-.„ ■ '"' ■'• !- Mr, Fisher thought' the proposal needed * serious consideration, and said he was somes what appalled by the.amount of the subsidy f suggested. ■• No . doubt it was 'an ideal e scheme, but it involved a lot of money,-and 6 the financial ■ aspect of the problem was one t that could not be lost sight-of. j j A further interview will be. held. g :. " ■:.- ;.. .. „ ,/'.,'■"'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 398, 6 January 1909, Page 7
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135ALL RED ROUTE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 398, 6 January 1909, Page 7
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