THE NEW HEBRIDES CONVENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 62, 14 March 1906, Page 2

THE NEW HEBRIDES CONVENTION.

COLONIES TO BE CONSULTED

[PKESS ASSOCIATION.] *~ (Received March 14, 7.50 a.m.) LONDON, March 13. • Sir Edward Grey, Secretary pf State for Foreign Affairs, said that it would be premature to lay on the table the draft of the Hebrides Convention' before it, had been fully considered by the two Governments.

Mr Winston Churchill, Undersecretary for the Colonies, announced that, the Commissioners had been informed that the New Hebrides Convention would be communicated, to the Governments of Australia and New Zealand, and would not be confirmed until the Iniperial Government had the opportunity of considering those Governments' representations.