COLONIAL ITEMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1659, 10 September 1887, Page 2

COLONIAL ITEMS.

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London, September 7. During the debate on New Guinea Sir Geo. Campbell moved that the salary of the Deputy Commissioner be reduced to Mr. Me Arthur defended the employment of black labor as necessary to the cultivation of Bugar. Sir Henry Holland stated that the Settlement Bill was necessary for the Pacific Islands, and also the registration of land purchases. Mr Goschen desires that England should retain the homeward and out- ' ward postages and pay a subsidy to the i P. and O. Company, Australia making a similar arrangement with the Orient Company. London, September 8. The Colonial Mercantile Agency Company has been registered, with a capital of A portion of the consignment of oranges by the Chimborazo has been officially condemned as unfit for sale. The Castlemaine Gold Mining Company, wilh a capital of to | purchase the Garfield and Manchester Mines; and the Gippsland Gold Mining Company, with a capital of ;£ 1 20,000, to purchase the Tarrage leases, have been virtually floated. Mr William Gilmour Cuthbertson, General Manager of the Bank of South Australia, retires from his position m consequence of ill health. Sir Saul Samuel has purchased the large collection of Captain Cook's relics exhibited at the recent Colonial Exhibition. The Agents-General have received instructions from their several Governments to conclude the best postal agreements possible,