CABLE NEWS.
(AGE SPECIALS.) (IVr s.s. Waihora at the Bluff.) (united pitkss association.") London, Nov. 20. It is probable that the French and Italian Governments will reduce their eh irges for the carriage of mails through those countries. Mov. 23. Messrs Buttleneld and Swire, insurance agents. Shanghai, have given orders to Messrs Scott & Co , .shipbuilders, Greenock, for the construction of live stoamerti, each 2(>00 tons, to be employed m developing the trade between China and Melbourne. Nov. 27. It has transpired that the report of the official committee which was appointed by the Government to investigate the proposals of Mr A. C. Baker, of South Australia, for the establishment of a federal mail service between Holland and the Colonies, is favorable to Mr Bakers projects.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1577, 9 December 1885, Page 2
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125CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1577, 9 December 1885, Page 2
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