VANCOUVER SERVICE.
AUSTRALIA STANDS OUT.
INCREASED SUBSIDY REFUSED. By T«ie« r*pb-Prcss' Association-Copyright. (Roc., February 14, 0.10 a.m.) , Melbourne, February 13.Tho Postmaster-General, in referring to tho Vancouver mail contract to-day, held out no hopo of a new service being established to tho Commonwealth when tho existing contract terminates. He was not prepared to ask Parliament to pay a shilling moro for tho service thijn was now paid. Tho Union' Compauy's, .vessels, which would bo used for tho new Canadfi—New Zealand contract,'would no to Sydney in any case, and letters could then bo sent at poundage rates. A postal schemo in any new' contract made by tho Commonwealth was beyond present discussion, but if > a traflo service was desired, the Customs Department could establish' it. \ .-i
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1051, 14 February 1911, Page 5
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124VANCOUVER SERVICE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1051, 14 February 1911, Page 5
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