"ALL-RED" ROUTE.
, PREMIER ON AUSTRALIA'S DECISION-
NEW ZEALAND'S POLICY UNCHANGED
•"Our position is exactly, the-samo asbo- ; foro,". said , tho - Prime Minister (Sir/Joseph ; ■ Ward); when , asked- by a Dominion reporter . ..liow Australia's deoision: not to co-operate , in, the "All-Red Route" scheme would affect • New .' Zealand; ...:- ? 'Thoro , is no- reason .. why Great Britain, Canada, and New Zealand ■should.-not carry :!out .an "All-Red" mail' r \ routersclieinß' T^thout^the: assistance-■ of;;Aus- '.• tralia..' At the. same, time it must bo recog.nised that':'tho' withdrawal of Australia ■ nSakes- it more difhcult to bring, about .an ; arrangomont., Tho ldettl service should in- . elude Australia,-- this 'hoing desirable ,both . from , the financial. arid., the. Imperial point "of view.. 1 have always recognised 1 that the desired object cannot be brought about in a hurry.'' Wherever three :or. four. Governments, are '-asked sto co-operate, •''there is bound to .bo more or less of difficulty and delay,; because 'tho. more, parties' havo to. be •V.consulted. tho more' difficult •it is to agreo afupbncommon :;Wsis^^^ traha will doubtless tend to cause further delay." ~ - '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 440, 24 February 1909, Page 9
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170"ALL-RED" ROUTE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 440, 24 February 1909, Page 9
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