MAIL SERVICE PROPOSALS.
FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, May 26. In his despatch wih reference (9 the employment of Indhcs on mail steamers, Mr Obamberlain pointed out that the [odian Mutiny Act pledgee tin British Government lo grant the inhabitaats of India the s.iine racogoiiion and almost the Game rights as other •>f the Empire. Therefore it is impossible to join the Commonwealth in a contract debarring their employment on mail boats, Mr Chamberlain endorses the necessity for accelerated speed in future agieemenfs, and urges that the new contract med not extend beyond three years, By tliat time p iesibly quicker communication will ba obtainable. With regard to the suggestion for building a transcontinental line to Port Darwin so that the mails might be sent over the trans-Siberian railway Mr. Chamberlain is of opinion that the mails could be landed in Eogland muoh fas'erby the trans-Siberian route than by the sea r, ute. A statement is made in Melbourne that tbe accelerating of the Vancouver imail service aid the brirging of the boats now employed up to the speed of the other two will require a considered incrtaseof £15,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 124, 27 May 1903, Page 3
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188MAIL SERVICE PROPOSALS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 124, 27 May 1903, Page 3
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