The Lyttelton Times. Saturday, April, 9.
The Armenians 'arrival obliges, us to'devote those columns which usually the latest filled, to the, news from Europe which has just come to hand.; When the Peninsular and Oriental Company's vessels begin to work, we hope to be able to reckon with more certainty on the punctual arrival of mails. By; that time our Inter-Colonial and Inter-Pro-vincial services may be expected to be definitively arranged, so as to extend the advantages of a punctual mail service to New Zealand. •..■•'.•■•■ ;
We understand that negotiations are now pending between the General Government and Mr. Coleman for the establishment of the following scheme of postal service.— 1. A direct communication between Sydney and Auckland by the Lord Worsley. ; 2. 'A. direct communication between Melbourne, and Nelson, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago ; carried'on by two steamers. The one starting fiom Melbourne on the day'after the arrival of the-English mail (say the sth of each month) and returning, to Melbourne by the 16th of the following month, in time for the despatch from Melbourne of the homeward mail. lii the meantime the second steamer would have; started on the sth of the second month with the New Zealand mails to perform the same trip. 3. An Inter-Provincial service from Manukau and Auckland,'so arranged'as to. make the trips ■of the steamer which performs this service, about intermediate between the trips of the line, No. 2, as regards the northern settlements.
This is, in substance, the plan which Canterbury memorialised for; and if agreed upon, and carried out effectively, it will, we think, give satisfaction to all the provinces..
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 670, 9 April 1859, Page 6
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