COLONIAL MINTS.
Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, May 10. At the Imperial Conference Sir Joseph Ward supported the proposal of Australia for a mint in Australia for silver coinage, and asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to allow New Zealand to follow tlio same course if he thought desirable. .He did not think Now Zealand was likely to undertake it at present, but wanted the came conditions as Australia. The Chancellor of the Exchequer concurred. He was willing to concede Australia and New Zealand independent action if they so elected. Mr. Asquith consented to Australian mints undertaking the coinage of their own silver, retaining the not profits, which averaged £30,000 a year. He said the Treasury would boar tho cost of returning worn gold coins from the colony. Sir Joseph Ward asked for a similar concession to he extended to New Zealand if it was desired, and Mr. Asquith agreed.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2078, 13 May 1907, Page 2
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