THE MAIL CONTRACTS.
(Received February 8,10.15 a.m.) London, February
The steamship companies have declined to accelerate their speed to thirty days; increase the cold storage space; reduce freights; or employ only white men on board. They have agreed to call at Colombo both ways, and that the mails shall include parcels after February Ist next. This will mean a saving to the colonies of about a thousand pounds per annum,
Mr A. Morlcy, Postmaster-General, extends tlio term of contract to two years, He will write to the colonies respecting the other proposals of the Postal Conference at Wellington last year.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4946, 8 February 1895, Page 2
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100THE MAIL CONTRACTS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4946, 8 February 1895, Page 2
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