THE VANGOUVER ROUTE

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 January 1911, Page 3

THE VANGOUVER ROUTE

SPEECH BT Sri! JOSEPH AVABI). ri'El! PRESS ASSOCIATION.J DUN'EDTN, January 16. Tu 'the course of a speech at the opening of the new post office at St. Kikla to-day the Premier, Sir Joseph Ward, referred to the Vancouver mail service and said he had received the following cable from Sir Wilfrid Laurier: "Have informed Sir James -Viills that Canada will close a contract with him for a period of five years, for a service for Honolulu, Suva, and Auckland for present contribution to Canada, plus Fiji and the New Zealand eon--tribution. Canada will reserve the right to require the conltractor to ■proceed to Sydney or Melbourne, or 'both." The contract, said Sir Joseph, will be confirmed with the Union Co.npanv in the course of a Few* days. If Australia came in later on wiith a contribution New Zealand would *.p only too glad to be wi;h the Commonwealth in .the ma liter. AN ALTEHNATIVE SC HEME. ' >iv Kl"f'Tl!tr TKI.VIM' > !>n--t > OprWfi;TlT.l [PER PRF.SS ASSOC! ATTDX. ] (Received This Day. S.oO a.m.) }.lELBOURNE. Tin's Da v. The "Postmn.ofor-Ocneral has promised a deputation of Queensland. Federal members to kceii Brisbane's claims in mind in arranrriivj: the new Canadian-Australian service now that Canada had arranged a service direct with New Zealand. Mr (FcVva] Prime Minister) referring to the mnt.ier. said t ll *11 it b" ad'-oi-i'.-i .--onus to Australia a bctwo 'n and S".n F *o a r:: I '- st : fut° f'" ; r the «"*rnV. <t was very qupsltio^a-bl- 1 . indeed. v,'V>ther more imnort'iet in'em<fs couM not he served bv this ro-ite than by the Vancouver lino. The inotf-ir, however, had nr»l yet received Cabinet consideration.