FRISCO MAIL SERVICE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 25 February 1907, Page 2

FRISCO MAIL SERVICE

■ <<OlNCi KUOM BAB TO WORSE. ■ (-"'OVJSENMJiNrs VIEW OF THE | POSITION. -M L'ST lili MENDED ON ENDED, | i'er Press Association February 23. ' Snn ot tlll! irre S»lni'ity of the J' service, Dr. FindJ. (Ad iiig-I'oslnuwtor-Ccnoral) states IXlMitmcnt and himself. "We re- * ('(Mmvp Spreckles and ■ i in e had to encounter serious difli- . i,T'." 3 t0 tho ««rtl,quaH but . ' 3 „,! 1h1u S l'»s be™ shown them, t<> eiiil"til! 1 1011 must " ow l>e taken of £,! pi'esent unsatisfactory state linvn .■£> 'i 18 JUst ns '"ipoi'tnnt to nil)" l alKl P u ."? tua % of runa ve expedition of transit, tlii"lui«i "f"!?' co . ntratis iu<! niade on cortlti v 1 • llmptab)o . '""1 the un- ? ? am ?, of the San i„ ; """' service for months pas'; 1 a llll,s ed such a loss of buiness thai nZ n r<'.lvil 11U '" ?r *?" giviß « ifc U l'' ~,, , "e> 011 the Suez route only. lon 'lmi, \r nn I '? lncisco contract expire! 1 contact XT! r ' 1900, and 00 tmh "" ' V* 1 l)e ™ entered into, so that ml ' n h' Ca n " W ,Ki "g incurlulhv the eomimny. ,Mutters have ™ b f' 0 "''"w, and now the ..4? i t'° e hlul "1' for nd o\ ei haul, und one mail at leasi '* to be topped altogether. The company has received repented notice uia warnings, and while it may nut uave been able to overcome it* •obstacles, it certainly has not improved (lie rebuilt vity of its running. TJi<? conijisniy admits th.it it cannot, with

its present fleet and limning, maintain timetable dates. The Ventura's wi'ilillrawiil from the Ferviee will be u lengthy <me, 11 lid the position can only In- met liy the company mibsituting a chartered vessel. 1 understand that " the RivqrriiMi W mailable) I tt thSa 1 condition of tliiiiff-s the company l,«s a .substitute i- pionded, no Kiiglah mails w ill be II « ISri*" I "' lUCISCO until 111 t-eniee mis been put on a nroDer i"':' " ~7 be sho,v " that thi> NtiMiMns Djcmsolvos are mum M.. ~t keeping timetable dates. |,f n,,* pa ny does not promptly niovoin t lie . n-eetmn required, U,e Governmental ha\e to consider the avlViealMlitv of el.andoiiing the service altogether' It ».n I;e remembered that we'Siave now 0 ■1,,; "" , 01 fc'i'ffhtly non-ice running w.tli complete regularity. The service M is costing us .ess than tho San Fran- 1 e ; «co lmo is as a three-weekly service, i-he only drawbacks to the Suez ser- ! »i CC ta kes a week longer ! '" ftu contract time of the Snn j San Francisco lino. However, as I i have said, T believe that punctuality and npiilmiity are nisi important ai expeditious transit." ■' r .

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