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copy of a despatch from the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia stating the purposes for which the Commonwealth Government consider that the wireless telegraphic system proposed to be established between Australia and New Zealand should be utilized. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.

Enclosure. Commonwealth of Australia, Sic, — Governor-General's Office, Melbourne, 10th March, 1911. Referring to your despatch, No. 456, dated the 25th November last, inquiring, in connection with the question of the extension of the Pacific cable by the laying of a cable between Australia and New Zealand, the intentions of the Government of the Commonwealth with regard to the limitation of the use of the wireless telegraphic system which it is proposed to establish between the dominions mentioned, I have the honour to inform you that it is considered by the Commonwealth Government that the wireless installations now being arranged for in Australia and New Zealand should be utilized — (a) for defence purposes, (b) for communicating with ships, and (c) as a reserve in case of total interruption to submarine cable-communication between the two countries. I have, &c, Dudley, Governor-General. The Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies. No. 17. New Zealand, No. 164. My Lord,— Downing Street, 4th May, 1911. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 35, of the 17th March, on the subject of an application for the alliance of certain New Zealand regiments to King Edward's Horse. In reply, I have to request you to inform your Ministers that I am in communication with the War Office on the matter, and will address a further despatch to you as soon as I have received a reply from that Department. I have, &c. L. HARCOURT. The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand. No. 18. New Zealand, No. 165. My Lord,— * Downing Street, sth May, 1911. I have the honour to transmit to you, to be laid before your Ministers, the accompanying copy of a letter from the Foreign Office, enclosing copies of Rules of the Supreme Court (England) which have recently been formulated to provide for the case of letters of request from foreign tribunals for service on any person in England of any process or citation in civil and commercial cases pending before them. I request that you will invite your Ministers' attention to the hope expressed in the last paragraph of the Foreign Office letter that some similar course of action may be adopted to meet the case of the service of such citations in the self-governing dominions. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.

No. 17. New Zealand, No. 164. My Lord, — Downing Street, 4th May, 1911. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 35, of the 17th March, on the subject of an application for the alliance of certain New Zealand regiments to King Edward's Horse. In reply, I have to request you to inform your Ministers that I am in communication with the War Office on the matter, and will address a further despatch to you as soon as I have received a reply from that Department. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand.

No. 18. New Zealand, No. 165. My Lord, — ■» Downing Street, sth May, 1911. I have the honour to transmit to you, to be laid before your Ministers, the accompanying copy of a letter from the Foreign Office, enclosing copies of Rules of the Supreme Court (England) which have recently been formulated to provide for the case of letters of request from foreign tribunals for service on any person in England of any process or citation in civil and commercial cases pending before them. I request that you will invite your Ministers' attention to the hope expressed in the last paragraph of the Foreign Office letter that some similar course of action may be adopted to meet the case of the service of such citations in the self-governing dominions. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.

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