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|M ELWJTBIO TII,KBB4rn.— OOriBIBMT.] LORD MILNER'S APPROACHING RETIREMENT. «. I'HE CAPE MINISTRY'S REQUEST. fI'IIKSS ASSOCIATION 1 (Received Miirch 1, 8.49 a.m.) CAPETOWN, 20tli February. The Capo Ministry is asking for the restoration of llio High Commissiouprsliip to Capetown whon Lord Milnor's successor is appoint oil. Tho Capo Argus, coinmcnting, in its insue of 10th January, on tho rumours in connection with tho appointment of h successor to Lord Milner as High Commissioner, urged that tho ollke should I'D vert to Iho Governor of Capo Colony. Loyal Capo Colonists, it says, acquiescbd in tho removal of tho High Conuniskionership when Lord Milner went to tho Transvaal, hut tho work which mndn that removal dosiralilo is now mostly Completed, and thero is no special reason why tho new colonies should not ha,vo fully-fledged Oovi-rnors, while tllo Cnpo Governor, as previously, could perform tho duties of High Commissioner with respect to Basuloland, lkcliuunuhuul, etc.
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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 50, 1 March 1905, Page 5
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152CABLE NEWS. Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 50, 1 March 1905, Page 5
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