CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT
J TWO OFFICES TO BE CLOSED. MINISTER TO. VISIT AUSTRALIA. (UainiD Pum AssocuTm). " WELLINGTON, This Day. \ The Customs Offices at ! Oamaru And. t "HokitikH.i are to be. closed in future,' andi the.:. Customs t workwill 'be attended,, to ',by, the. local postmasters. Mr. C. Gbre, Col.'ectbir at "Oajnaru, goes, to a'hd' Mr. Fantham (Hokitika) is tp be transferred to Christchurch. } The Minister of .Marine, accompartiecty by the Secretary of Customs(Mr.,Mont-', gomery) goes to' Australia on'Marcli.2s, leaving from the Bluff by: the: Maun'ganui. The object of his. visit is to enter into a discussion on the projected re-' ciprocal agreementbetween Australia and . New Zealand with the Premier "of the Commonwealth. > > Subsequently Mr; Foster, Canadian , Minister of Trade, will be in: Austrulia, and a conference of Trade Ministers representing the overseas IViminions will be held. The South African Government, is imal>!e to send a fepresentative.' ■ ; ' J .' * J »
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 15 February 1913, Page 1
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