AUSTRALIAN MAIL SERVICE
LONDON, April 30.
Mr. Trovisa Clarke, who has returned from Australia, saw Mr. Bent, and spoke hopefully of the mail steamer syndicate’s prospects. Negotiations have been suspended pending tlie reply to a telegram sent to Australia.
MELBOURNE, May 1
A conference between the Post-master-General and manager of the Union Steamship Company, it is understood, resulted in an extension of the Vancouver contract for 12 months. The present contract expires in August;
PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP. Received May 1, 11.5 p.vn. LONDON, May 1. Sir Joseph Ward has asked Sir Wilfrid Laurier to join with Now Zea land and Australia in a fast up-to-date mail service, via Vancouver. Sir Wilfrid was .favorable, but Mr. Doakin’s attitude was not disclosed. Add Wool Sales
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2069, 2 May 1907, Page 2
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