LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1561, 6 August 1873, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

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' .I•• J . ■ • ; ; , : WELLINGTON, Allg.' 5. ' ■ r Correspondence relative | to ; the San Francisco service, produced in the House to-day, shows that the Post Office authorities of the United Kingdom 'surrendered > to New -Zealand a surplus: of ;L1 334 occurring in correspondence: [between England and the ; Colonies, via San Francisco,. There was also a letter from the Colonial' Secretary of New South Wales, stating that the Government would hot require a Bubsidy from^'the 'oth^erCoidnies^'bultjthey would throw the service open to New Zealand s^nd Australia forjthe postage only.- A; contract, for a twelve knot per hour sef-t vice, between 1 ' Sydney^ and' San 'Francisco had 'been closed, and the Sydney Govern-' ment entertained np doubt that the serI vice will be carried but/ The contractors

(represent large firms in Sydney, Melbourne, London, Liverpool; -and New Zealand. New boats built f6r ; th'e ; service ! would commence running between Syd:neyahd San Francisco about the. middle ,of next year. The Gbvernment'were pre--paredtp"start an interim service, 'thoujgb.7 not of equal speed, next January, should\ such service be : requirerl f 'after the expiration ot the ( .p.resent Suez.contract. They wero prepared to carry New Zealand letters for the postage, without asking a contribution towards the, -. subsidy of L 88.000,. New Zealand to provide a fast steamer -between Kaudavau; ; and.; New Zealand;- •''■• '■'■ ' : :.; '- ; - : ■ > •••. - ; • --v.- „ ■■ i The Agent-General, promises to advise . the Government with reference to a contract with the Hamburg Government for the, supply 'of immigrants. : ,', ! Ali 'orders, for!' railway material,, he states,, are in -hand. ■-,