FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.
THE BASS STRAIT CABLE. APPOINTMENT OF A HIGH COMMISSIONER. .; United Press Aasociatsoiv-tßy Electric Telegraph-Copyright. ■ (Received August 3, 1 a.m.) . MELBOURNE, August.2. In the Senate Mx Keating moved that the Government should immediately acquire the Bass Strait cable. It could be obtained for £70,000, the original cost. The Post-master-General deprecated forcing the hand of the Government. The debate was. adjourned. •(Received August 3, 1.15 a.m.) In. the Senate a discussion has taken place as to what should be the qualifications of the High Commissioner in London. The Government holds that a man of good social standing, gifted with a diplomatic mind, should be selected 1 , rather than, one well up in commercial produce knowledge.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12570, 3 August 1901, Page 8
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