COLONIAL QUESTIONS.
INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES. [united press association. l London, 22nd August. Mr. Munro had an interview with the Marquis of Ripon, the new Secretary of State for the Colonies, to-day. The Marquis said he desired to assure tho colonies that he was anxions to meet them in every way. Mr. Munro discussed the New Caledonian question with him, and asked that the prohibition against British subjects selling spirits and arms to the Islanders should be rescinded, or that the other Powers should be called upon to agree to similar restrictions. At the Secretary's request Mr. Munro explained the Victorian views on Federation, and pointed out the difficulties that had been created by New South Wales. The Marquis told Mr. Munro that the Colonial Office was the only position he desired to take in the new-Ministry. Tho Victorian Agent-General intends to interview Sir W. V. Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, shortly, on the subject of the investment of trust funds in colonial stocks.
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Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 47, 24 August 1892, Page 2
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