AUSTRALASIAN MAILS.
LAING SYNDICATE. PROPOSED GUARANTEE. A DEFINITE NEGATIVE FROM THE STATES. [mess association.] BRISBANE, 3Lst May. Sir John Forrest, Acting-Primo Ministor of tho Commonwealth, conveyed to tho Premier j' Conferenco Mr. -Bent's O';h:mc for subsidising tho mail syndicate. The proposal vas that two or more States cliould enter into an agreement to guaiantcc the dcbcnhiro-lioklcrs interwt to the cni-ent of £125,0:0 annually. The conference, on tho motion of Mr. Sv. l'.ibuixc, uuanimorsly -resolved' — "That tho f-tatcs will not fiivc tho guarantco tnked for, ard urges the Fcdcial Government to tak; immediate stop 3to arrango a satisfactory contract."
The first representative football match of the rear on will tnko place at the Athletic Park on Monday. Being ji holiday a large gathering of the public is expected. The nu>tch itself Biiould be «ell worth seeing, as tl»e teams aro by no menns unequally nutthed. Tho Tramway Band in to give a concert in Kewtowa Park to-morrow afternoon in aid of a member and tho funds oi tho Tramwpy Sick and Benefit Society.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 129, 1 June 1907, Page 5
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