AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTRACT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 4 March 1907, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTRACT

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STATES UNFAVORABLE TO ttUAIiANIJiK.

Melbourne, March 2. stiUe,nent V t l r,r a, ' ke ttBBCrU th »* th « « '",*' ,Us u,irßio » is connected arts w 1 ' l " ,te dis P ,owl »>><■'« the l.ut.-. were announced. i«ml C " l ' s < V,c '«'i"" Premie) prol"s.i is that ouch of the N,Ate« Swidicates debenture. The ntlT,,, 1,, ™' 1 «« °/ '»» Cabinet do not take a v .ew of the Jh kilston (Queensland Premier) geshon for one moment. The Premier of Tasmania soys lie hj,» henid nothing of it, but, speakh.<r on the spur of the moment, viewed it unfavourably, « ;■• -i .u«m A COLDWATEii THBOWEH, Keceived 3, 1.31 p.m. „.. „ London, March 3. J ho Duke of Sutherland, in a Jotter to the limes, says he is unaware of a " ; conspiracy against the mail project. T y A ike e nmeut shipbuilders who kno but little of the Australtan , 'T' l 1 wo n!es "'Harding ton mail ship* la glv l tUm » offl ° infoV • mation The Poninsulur line coneu,platelaymg up some of the largest teamers for a considerable portion of he year m preference to running costly voyages tj Australia.