VANCOUVER SERVICE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 5

VANCOUVER SERVICE.

\ .TALK OF DISCONTINUANCE, | - (By" Telczraph "-Press Association -CopyriEht) /. _'«, • ® ec - June 2S » n35 p,m ) , ' ' London, Juno 25. * The Ottawa correspondent of "Tho Tunca" states that sinw Now Zealand will not renew the subsidy to the Vancouvor mail service, tho service is likely to be discontinued, as Canada is unwilling to bear tho whole i cost. ' • > 1 " . NEW ZEALAND AND THE SUBSIDY! Speaking in tho House last year, tho Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, said: "Tho present ' Vancouver servico was running btween Vancouver and Australia, but not coming to New inland, and all along tho Government had bad authority to offer .620,000 a year for these Reamers to come to New ZcJand.' It was , perfectly well known to all the pooplo concerned, including the Union Steam Ship Co., tbat this subsidy was available for thorn if they would come on to New Zoaland. They also faiew that at present that- service could not eomo on to Now 2ealand-although every rei presentation hod been made td induce it to do eo-because of the fact that the' Australian w??£* ™, alllv "ot release the contractors fom their calling at the poit of Brisbane; If .tl !? U^, n g^'B P, B "sbane, for which they eceived £10,000, New Zealand would very J£?' v? fa,h ? B ty M<!nre «"" service threw a!?,. i«? 5? fte <? uez f *"ieo.-for which vPrKSSIJrS Union Steam Ship Compan and ' S«*?? ddlirt l :?«ker Company to ilm^h thelr *oa s from Wellington ■on the Fnda> of every --week in order to catch the overland express