THE POSTAL CONFERENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 6 March 1894, Page 3

THE POSTAL CONFERENCE.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association) Wellington, Tuesday. Tbo ConforenoH rcgumed-this morning. Amongst tho papera laid on' ttie tabio by the' Hon. J, (J, Ward was a' (statement concerning tbo intercolonial cable guarantee of receipts and expenditure, from which it appeared that the actual receipts by the Oablo Company for ISD3 Jiavo been L 15,114 os bolow tho aam gtiawnteftd, viz., L 20,288. Now Zealand's share of this lons amounted to M 286. Xfao Hon. Mr Kidci'(N.b.W,) moved that tho present federal m&il aorvioo bo continued for two years. The representative)! of Victoria, donili Australia, Queensland #nd TaHinanis; &dvocitit«tl an 4* tension for ono year only in view of the dovflopmeni or the freezing buuinons and tbo necessity for arranging further facilities for col Htorojio. Jivi'ntually "tbo mo tion was amended in this direction and curried. Mr Wynno (Vicroria) moved thut itbia oonfoionoo requi'Bta the two contracting companies to furnish cool storage space at lower rates ot freight than »t present oiisr-j, Mr Parker (W,A.) #u«gs3ting that the respective Agents General—be instructed bv tficir varitrait Governments to do all in their power to eff-ct th* object of •he resolution. * The'' motion was ami-nded in this direction and carried unanimonHly.