SOUTH AFRICAN MAIL CONTRACT
BOTHA HOPEFUL OF SETTLEMENT. By Telegraph.— titu AuocUtion.- -CopyrJgWv (Received July 1, 8.5 a.m.) CAPETOWN, 30th June. General Botha, speaking at Ri'ersdale, paid a tribute to Sir Owen Philipps, »nd said ho still hoped for a settlement of the mail contract before September. . It was impossible to allow Government freights to be tied for so long a period* [Sir Owen, Philipps, who ie chairman of the British and African Steam Navigation Company, the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and tho Elder, Dempster Company, recently left South Africa, for Englaud, being unable to arrive at a settlement with the South African Government over the 1 contract for carrying the mails.] '
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1912, Page 7
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113SOUTH AFRICAN MAIL CONTRACT Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1912, Page 7
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