CONTROL OF NEW GUINEA.
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Received this day, at 9 40 a.m. Melbourne, This Day.
Barton, in reply to a question, said that the Queensland Premier’s remarks on New Guinea conveyed a misleading impression. On behalf of the Commonwealth, he had refused to take the financial responsibility until the question of a’dministration was settled. Through Lord Hopetoun he informed Mr Chamberlain that New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland were favorable to the Federal control of New Quinea, and as the expenditure involved would be £22,000 yearly, he had asked if in the present state of the Commonwealth finances the British Government was prepared to find £7,000 of the amount of lapsed subsidy covering the maintenance of a steamer. A reply had not yet been received. He gave an assurance that nothing would be done without Parliament’s consent.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 23 August 1901, Page 3
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139CONTROL OF NEW GUINEA. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 23 August 1901, Page 3
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