SUEZ MAIL NEWS.
[Per s.s. Tararua at the Bluff.] INVERCARGILL Feb. 23. it is hoped that finally the Australian Colonies will com,e into the Berne Convention, when letters via Brindisi would Re fixed at sd, and papers at Id. The German papers continue to speak of the failure of Godefroy’s Company as occasioned through a British trick. A proposal has been made that the Government should grant a subsidy guaranteeing a dividend of 5 per cent to shareholders of the New German company assuming the business of the late Godefroy Company. Prince Bismarck is favourable, but the scheme meets with violent opposition in Parliamentary circles.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2164, 24 February 1880, Page 3
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105SUEZ MAIL NEWS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2164, 24 February 1880, Page 3
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