BIG MAIL SUBSIDY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 524, 29 November 1928, Page 13

BIG MAIL SUBSIDY

SHIPS FROM U.S.A. PASSENGER SERVICE LIKELY? in TV k°us b U| 9S a f rr,a ‘ l whic h arrived steam^ k r u yesterday by the steamer Golden Cloud from Los Angeles cost the United States Government £2,866. Y o «anic and : nt c - a igation Company entered into a contract with the United States ZeallnT'for *°, - l^ rry mall, to ' hlCh Ul ° "'as ot T n,l S ,f Pb f idy T orks out at the rate “ ,, 0s a nautical mile, though usually pound traCtS are Paid for by the It has been suggested that this u n n°it^d OUS c. m f' 1 s n bs idy by the United States Government is merely an indirect way of subsidising the shipping line between New Zealand and the States, and that m time passenger steamers Will also Visit the Dominion direct fr'bm the Californian coast. Bomo time ago the Golden Cloud : .., J ," th „ £ T steamers bearing the word golden were taken over from the United States Government by the Oceanic and Oriental Navigation Company Several of these vessels have visited New Zealand, and it is expected that others will follow as trade increases. This new mail contract does not concern the New Zealand Government. The two bags of mail which came yesterday cost the United States Government £1.433 each, and 67 bags which arrived some time ago on the Golden Bear cost £43 each. The Golden Cloud brought a cargo of Limber and made the journey from Los Angeles in 2 8 days.