The result of the two trial shipments of mail from Australia to London viii San Francisco and New York is told in the announcement, recently made, that the British Government has ordered its Australian-London mail to be sent by this creatter. The French mail from is also to go to Paris by the sumo way. An advantage of from four to five days over the Suez Canal route was demonstrated by the trials.
Steamship and railway officials are san-guide that in the near future passenger travel will find itself best accommodated by this same route. It is pointed out that there is not only a decided gain in time, but that the passenger's comfort is better secured, inasmuch as he travels the greater part of the distance in a temperate climate. From Sydney the steamers take a course almost duo north until Honolulu is reached and in the meantime the equal for has been passd. From then on the travel is entirely in the temperate zone.
Carnegie's Latest.
Andrew Carnegic's latest. philanthropic act is the offer of $10,000,000 for the tablishment of a national university for the higher training of young men. The offer is made to the government and it is anticipated that, located in Washington, the university would afford its students facilities for research in special lines amid the wealth of material accumulated by the various departments of the government.
The Objection to Steel Trust bonds, Curiously enough, there has been delay in the acceptance of the offer because the amount was offered in bonds of the United States Steel Corporation, the country's greatest Trust. It was felt that it would not be proper for the government to hold for such a purpose the bonds of any corporation and particularly the bonds of a Trust which may at any time become a Political issue or the subject. of government investigation. The objection has been laid before Mr. Carnegie and it is
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