CABLE NEWS.
(AQB SPECIALS.) / (Per s.B. tarawera, at tht Bluff.) (UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION" ) "• London, Jan., 3. , The appointment of Mr John Douglas: . as Acting Commissioner for New Quiuea is of 'a tentative character, on account' ot th« uncertainty thet exists pending the permauent settlement with the ' colonies regarding the future admiuis-; ,; tration of affairs m British New Guinea*.' ■- ThePost Office authorities are aboufr, to. invite tender* for the carriage •£'.''' Australian mails, to take effect upon the expiration of the present contract with, the Peninsular aud Oriental Company iv January, 1888. [ Thb , conditions '-jbf tbeT) new contract do not provide , for ih* payment of premiums ou account ! of ' ''■ mails being delivered before the appointed time.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1602, 7 January 1886, Page 2
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114CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1602, 7 January 1886, Page 2
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