VANCOUVER MAIL SERVICE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 998, 13 December 1910, Page 5

VANCOUVER MAIL SERVICE.

>~. :. LAEGEE OFFER SUGGESTED. •; :'■.-" ■ Interviewed by an Auckland "Herald" :■■'• ."'.•representative regarding the Vancouver ' r : ; : service (after the receipt of Sir James Mills's"recent-pronouncement),.Mr. J. H. ..•-."'..■ Gunsdn, president of the Auckland Cham- ':'■,. .'. ber of Commerce, said it. would seem that if Canada is to adhere to her pre- , vio'iis pronouncement that New Zealand must be included, the service must'. be ...run regardless of Australia becoming a' party to the contract. "What wo are sorely disappointed at, howover," proceeded Mr. Gunson, "particularly in :view of the representations .we have, made over a long period, is the. fact that our. Government, vide .Sir . Joseph ...Ward's latest announcement, has offered Vi-. only ..the' relatively small sum-of .£20,000 per annum for this 6ne and Up-to-date service,. while for a San Francisco servico with old, vessels, it "has made a contract at a much higher rate. Thus,' it seems to us, the New Zealand Government is not making a serious attempt from the financial aspect to secure, the service; by ' .-. offering a subsidy such.as New Zealand : , . is warranted'in offering. " A larger-offer '-■.■: would surely be justified in.viow-of the : ; ■ undoubted fact that in the event of .'the . .: service being extended • here, New . Zea- ,- . . ■ land, apart from enjoying first-class .mail and tourist facilities, would at once be ••' . -able to establish a big'trade with Canada in frozen and other produce; much bigger, perhaps, than is yet realised, for Canada is every year becoming a greater ..importer of these lines." ...