AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.
*BB PRXBB ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, April 11. The Federal Government has not received any communication from the Premier of New Zealand with refriente to free cablegrams to Canada, but last week the Chief Secretary of Canada suggested that prexg mes-eges ghould be paeßed free on the Governmest cab'e for three months. Sir Edmuod B trton replied that he was f-fraid the Pos'al Bates Act prevented (hi Commonweilth frr.m entertaining the propowl, but in any caao he was tot pepar. d to consider the matter without fuller particulars.
The Act referred to by Sir Edmu' d Bar'on contains a provision preventing the Federal telegraph Ftrvice b«ing used wit hou f charge. This »ppears also to apoly to »ha Australian share m \h■Pacific cnble.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 90, 13 April 1903, Page 3
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