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Martinsburg Daily Gazette
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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The Canadian government is seeking a British imperial subsidy to supplement its ocean mail service grant, to be run in connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway. Britain agrees to act and will address postal arrangements at the April imperial conference in London. British mails to China will route via CPR this summer, with subsidies for connected steamers in recognition of the railway's military value.
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The British Government Willing to Grant
a Bonus to the Steamer Lines.
OTTAWA, Ont., March 28.-Although the
British government have for
years
paid an annual subsidy to the steam-
ship companies carrying mail between
Great Britain and the United States,
they have always, up to the present
time, declined to make a similar appropria-
tion toward the ocean mail service between
Canada and the British Isle. The Dominion
government are now taking active steps to-
ward securing an imperial subsidy to sup-
plement the annual grant voted each year
by the Dominion parliament for the ocean
mail service which it is in future proposed
to run in connection with the Canadian Pa-
cific railway.
The British government write to the effect
that they will move at once in the matter,
and that the postal arrangements between
Great Britain and her colonies will be one
of the most important subjects which the
imperial conference, meeting at London in
April, will have to deal with. The British
mails for China and Asiatic ports which
now pass through the United States to San
Francisco, will be carried over the Canadian
Pacific to British Columbia and thence to
their destination, during the coming summer.
The British government have intimated that,
by way of assisting the Canadian Pacific
Railway company, in recognition of the
value of their road for military purposes.
they will subsidize the line of ocean steamers
which they intend running on the Atlantic
and Pacific in connection with their rail
way.
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Canada
Event Date
March 28
Outcome
british government willing to grant subsidy and discuss at imperial conference in april; mails to china to route via canadian pacific; subsidies for ocean steamers connected to railway.
Event Details
The Dominion government is taking steps to secure an imperial subsidy for ocean mail service between Canada and Britain, to supplement its own grant and connect with the Canadian Pacific Railway. Britain has agreed to act promptly, making postal arrangements a key topic at the April imperial conference in London. British mails to China and Asia will use the CPR route to British Columbia this summer, and Britain will subsidize the connected Atlantic and Pacific steamers in recognition of the railway's military value.