SIR GEORGE GREY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 8 March 1894, Page 2

SIR GEORGE GREY.

Going Home in the Gothic J I (By Telegraph.—Press Association), | ' ' 'I Wellington, Wednesday. ' Sir George Grey has decided to go Homo in the Gojbio. When ho ar- - rived hero he was uncertain as to making tho trip, or by what ( route ha'J would go, but having been invited to j inspect the new steamer, he was sol pleased with her appearauce that m determined, to go in her, i - 1

3 .Association). must; RHShRhHSHV 0 laying to per wora for ordinary HgQQHjK two shillings per word for uflVMnßnt telograros, anil one shilling and sixpence for press telegrama, to and from Great Britain mid the colonies, und that the United Kingdom be asked to join in the guarantee, the routes of the cablo to beeitherof the followinj: • -Brisbane to Ahipara Bay (N.Z.), Ahipara Bay to Buva, Suva to Apiu, Apia to Fanning Islands, Fanning Minds to Sandwich Islands and I hence to Vancouver, or elso from New Zealand by same route to Vancouver. Mr Kidd seconded the motion, tho debate on which was adjourned till next day,

Wellington, Thursday. At the Postal Confei euco this room- ~ ing, Mr TVard 1 iid on Ike table a return of the Tasmania Telegraph Ser- ' vice lor 1893. Mr Kidd (New South Wales) said the proposals made by Mr Ward regarding the new Pacific cable were just such as he bad been prepared to bring forward himself. It was thought advantage might be taken of thefcable already laid from Bund.iberg to Golden Bay, but there seemed to be such a strong teeling against having anything to do with a French company, that he Very heartily agreed with Mr Ward's proposals, Mr Wynne (Victoria) said bis colony was very well served by the present service, but if the whole of the colonies agreed to Ike present proposals and tke Imperial authorities undertook to pay their proportion of the guarantee, he was prepared to Bay that bis colony would support the scheme. Mr WilsoD (Queensland) said he was thoroughly in accord with the resolution. Mr Cookburn (S.A) said both his colony and Western Australia ware unable to uote on this question, Mr Ward's motion was then agreod to, and it was decided that the follow- / ing clause be inserted in the temis j-aud conditions of tke Federal Mail J Service, viz 1 : "To state what class _y of labour they intend to employ on tkeir vessels." It was also decided that a recommendation be made to tke Imperial authorities that the mail steamers should be manned by white crews, Tke Conference then adjourned till Saturday week to meet at Auckland,