CABLE NEWS.
(BY KLECTRIC TELEQUAPH. — COPYRIGHT.") (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, Feb. 22. The Hon. J. F. Garrick, AgentGoneral for Queensland, and Mr Murray Smith, Agent-General for Victoria, have asked Lord Derby to observe the decision arrived at at the recent convention, and his reply has been generally iayorable. Mr J. C. Bray, ex-Premier of South Australia, speaking at Greenock, advocated preferent treatment of colonial wines m the matter of import duties. He also regretted that Earl Rosebery had not replaced Lord Derby as Secretary of State for the Colonies. The French Chamber of Deputies have rejected the proposed increase of duties on corn.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 71, 25 February 1885, Page 2
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105CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 71, 25 February 1885, Page 2
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