LATEST TELEGRAMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 16 October 1907, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS

THE VANCOUVER MAIL ROUTE, j 4. FEW HOME TRUTHS FROM FIJI. NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITIES. Per Press Association. Auckland, Lust Night. Fiji files to hand to-day contain the following:—"For the past dozen years the trans-Pacific line of steamers known »s the Canadian-Australian Royal M.iii line, running between Vancouver and Sydney via ports, has been arriving and departing at Suva with wonderul regularity, as becomes the subsidised mailcarriers on an 'All Red' route. Notwithstanding tliht such should have been the case during this long term of years, the New Zealapd portion of the mail is variously treated. Sometimes it is taken on to Sydney In the steamer which brought it, and at other times it is landed at Suva and forwarded to Auckland first chance. We particularly call attention to this aimless fashion of dealing with the King's mail on an established line of communication, inasmuch as the Premier of New Zealand was somewhat seriously regarded when he, a little time ago, aimed at a twenty-one days' mail service between London and New Zealand. Meanwhile the present is disregarded, and New Zealand mail matter is floating about, on thp deep regardless that time is flying. It would almost seem that Auckland had been so intoxicated with its foreign San Franciscc line of communication that it had nc time for the more substantial basis lint which has for so long and so satisfactorily performed the mail service be tween Australia, Canada, and London One would have thought that a countrj prepared to spend £IOO,OOO a year for more expeditious mail service woulc at least have taken care to estalilisl connection with Suva to meet the in coming mail steamer from Europe, am expedite the despatch of its mail matte: to that extent."