SIAMESE CAVALRY.
' MELBOURNE, , July 1& ' The Acting-Prime , Minister _: ; has received from the British Charge d'affaires at Bangkok the following cable message : "The Government of Siam wants •to experiment., with Australian ponies -for cavalry. requires .100, .lavera^irtk 13 hands, and five , years, to arrive '<» Bangkok' n'pt ,late,r ' than, October ; and if the price is reasonable, .more afterwards. The Government of Siam is anxious to know the actual And reasonable price to" b^^d&:V|at Bangkok, or at any rate to ihtroduced to, rejliablo agents. I should like to, assist the Governmen^t of , Siam m making" the experi ment successful, and would be grateful if the Government .of the, Commonwealth would assist.,, directly,/ or .indirectly. 1 The Prims Minister's Department, would be glad to hear from any , linns or owners able to supply, , th,§. ■ ;pi;der, -or. prepared to negotiate with the; Govern ! ment of Siam. , v
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12512, 21 July 1911, Page 2
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142SIAMESE CAVALRY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12512, 21 July 1911, Page 2
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