AUSTRALIAN.
iRKLTinfs rKI-KGUVM^.I Mllhouhnh, August 2%. Tin: Orient Company's (r.-ironiio arrived this inoi nin^ from London. S\dvky, August 23. The Haiuoto Jind To Kii]>o :irrhed last niglit from Wellington. The li\ c stock aboard were landed in good order.
[Received August 2J:li, 1J 4."i p m ] Mklholhxk, August 21. Further communications between the Government of New Zealand and Vietoiia. on the subject of the intereoloni.il c.ible rates has been niiide public. New Zealand agree-* to a 1 eduction in the tariff, provided Victoria contributes to the .subsidy for New Zealand cable. Victoi ia agrees to do so pro\ ided New Zealand is willing to pay her quota towards subsidising the line between Victoi ia and Tasmania. The Arugus in an article on the subject shows that the prohibitive rates charged on the New Zealand cable hamper traih'e, and quotes figures to show a falling off in the cable revenue during the past two years. The Hon. Mr Uriffltli, Premier of Queensland, has completed a draft of a Federation Accepting Bill, and the measure will be submitted for the approval of the various colonies concerned.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2049, 25 August 1885, Page 2
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184AUSTRALIAN. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2049, 25 August 1885, Page 2
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