The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 60
Direct Mail Service by Sea
Direct Mail Service by Sea.
The Chamber approved of the proposal to establish a monthly service for the Colony by direct steamers in substitution of the former service viâ Suez, and they have the satisfaction of reporting page 11 that a service, under contract with the Government, is now being carried on by the New Zealand Shipping Company.
The Committee also took steps to see that the departure of the mails had been arranged so as to enable letters received by the San Francisco route being answered by the direct mail steamers.