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VANCOUVER MAIL CONTRACT. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Melbourne, May 9. The Postmaster-General visits Sydney to inquire into the question of improving the Vancouver service. The Minister states the system of renewing the contract for twelve months is unsatisfactory to the company and the public. As New Zealand is anxious to contribute a subsidy to get vessels to call, he intends to see what can be done in that direction without interfering with the Brisbane call. A DYSENTERY .SCOURGE. Brisbane, May A. News from Papua states that a hundred natives died at the Lake Kama goldflelds from dysentery. Two whites also succumbed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 385, 10 May 1910, Page 4
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103AUSTRALIAN NEWS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 385, 10 May 1910, Page 4
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