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Todd in London, parcel post contract negotiations
Rate to be fixed on poundage or subsidy. Routing through Colombo considered, health improving. Meteor sighted. Investigating electrical and telephone system. Praised for hard work
Parcel post issues, Todd may implement bi-weekly schedule
Victoria blocks weekly parcel post to SA. Doubtful shipping companies can give 30 day service. Possible subsidy of telegraph services. Todd sick, attends annual diner of Royal Astronomical Society.
Agreement at the Melbourne Postal Conference. Todd to meet NSW Astronomer
P&O tender not accepted, new ones to be called for, hope of securing a better service. Delegates will reconvene to conclude. Todd to H. C. meet Russel on matters scientific
Report on proceedings at Melbourne Postal Conference ref European mail contract
Matters included signees, faster service, charges, tenders, routing, mail train from Adelaide and counterfeiting of colonial stamps.
English mail delivery issues complex, Uniform met observations agreed to
Melbourne Postal Conference, mail contractors competing with gov't funded rivals, European mandates on what ships can be used. SA meteorological records praised, continental standards agreed to on observation methods and instruments.
Inter colonial conference on mail matters to be held in Melbourne
To discuss ocean mail tenders, uniform packet post, joining the Postal Union, mail trains Adelaide to Melbourne. Also mention of Edwin Sawtell's new pocket barometer.
Todd comment on telegraph facilities between Quorn and Beltana
Through use of railway stations
Postal issues
Clare, Layton, Riverton, Spalding, Rhynie, Undalya, Crystal Brook, Saddleworth
Extra cost involved in joining the International Postal Union. Darwin mail service
Todd reacts positively to request of Melbourne Chamber of Commerce to join IPU. Darwin mail to depart from Port Adelaide