MORE AMATEUR TARIFF BUILDING
A SAMPLE OF THE FEDEKAL FEELING OF "PAST AGES 1 ' BRITAIN-CAPE-AUSTKALIA CABLE COMPLETED SYDNEY, Oct. 19. There is consternation in naval circles by the news that the Federal tariff will apply to warships. The opinion is that this is an oversight.
The Admiral has made representations to the Federal Government. MELBOURNE, Oct. 19. The Age says, regarding thfi suggestion that New Zealand should come into the Federal mail contract and reap its advantages by establishing fast services to Wellington and the Bluff for the carriage of mails, it is hardly likely the Federal Government will consent to contribute towards a service* in which its States have no special interest. If New Zealand wants an independent mail service, the Vancouver route appears to offer the best prospects of success,but the line would have to be maintained on a modern, high class standard. Such a service, there is reason to believe, would command a subsidy from Canada, whilst the Imperial authorities might do something in the same direction to establish an all-British mail line via the Pacific with Australasia. FREMANTLE, Oct. 19. The steamer Scotia has arrived after laying the Cocos-Fremantle section of the Cape cable. A start was made to lay the shore end to-day.
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Southland Times, Issue 1507, 21 October 1901, Page 3
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