THE PACIFIC CABLE AND STEAMBOATS.
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE' r -y- ' ' DEPUTATION. .'A,\ Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyrights, London, May 24. Loed Rosebery informed a Chambers of Commerce deputation that he hoped shortly to be in a position to announce a satisfactory decision upon the Pacific questions.
The Times, referring to the Chambers of Commerco deputation, urges the Premier to assist the Pacific proposals of Messrs. Hud dart, and urges an Imperial expenditure of £100,000 per annum on Pacific steamers and cable, which would be amply repaid by improved communication, and would strengthen the attachment of the colonies and develope British influence in the Pacific.
London, May 26.
Lord Rosebery announced that the committee had concluded their consideration of Lord Jersey's report with reference to the Canadian Conference; The Premier stated that he was glad the proposals for the Pacific Cable and the subsidy to steamers had originated in the colonies instead of in Great Britain.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9830, 27 May 1895, Page 5
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