THE PREMIER AT CHRISTCHURCH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7941, 3 October 1905, Page 2

THE PREMIER AT CHRISTCHURCH.

(Per Press Association.) CIIIUSTCUI UCH, Oct. 2. the Premier, who passed through |rom Duneil'in lo Wellington, stated "l .an interview, thai, no ile/im'te steps; 'hail yet -been taken i„ referencu to the continuance of the South Alr-icun subsidised steam service. lh had been informed at Dunedin that as old war supplies were now finished in South Africa, and things had ivntilien; their, 'nomial .kfl-H, Inrgtj; importations into that cuuntrv could b« looked forward to.

tleferrinig to the Ang-10-Jupaneso realy, Mr Kvddon said x w a,,. landers would irespeut J'oiyj" so long as slu>, remained within her j zona ami J,'en- jZvalam! got what was , in our zone. He also staled that no steps had , yet been taken to invite a mtMifttor of the Royal Family to 'bo proscnl at the opening ceremony of the New: Zealand Inhibition. ]l c could giv a no information us to whether thu exhibits from foreign Countries would lie on a large scale. Since the mcetng in ; (Jhristehurcli no lurther action had been 'taken i'e tlui llarvrster Trust. lie under. stood that a pcfkioit tor presentation to I'ai-liaiuj'nt was being largely sialic;!, and the workers intended making rcprosviilaeious on thu subject, very shortly. Mr Kwklon emphatically statedtho Klecloial Hill would be passed into law this session.