EMPIRE PRESS UNION.
THE AUCKLAND MEETING. (Per Press Association.) Auckland, February 26. At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Branch of the Empire Pros* Union, held to-day, seventeen representatives were present, Mr J. Fenwick presiding. Messrs N. Dinwiddie, R. P. Furness, R. J. Gilmour, and A. L. Muir, were elected associate members. The chairman and executive were re-elected. On the motion of Mr Leys it was decided to urge on the New Zealand Government the importance of uniting with Canada and Australasia in urging on the Imperial authorities the necessity for constructing the Atlantic cable, to work in conjunction with the Pacific cable, and under the same Board. A motion was also carried, thanking the English Council of the Union for its efforts to secure an Atlantic cable, and also to cheapen the postage on colonial newspapers.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1913, Page 6
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138EMPIRE PRESS UNION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 48, 26 February 1913, Page 6
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