FEDERAL POLITICS.
THE COPYRIGHT BILL. Unit-ad Press Association—Per Electrio' Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, September 29--. A long discussion took place in the Senate on the clauses in the Copivright Bill, giving protection to telegrams; An amendment that- copyright:_shQUld.. not be afforded unless other newspapers or-, newt agencies were allowed, ipari-icipnie op , payment of a pro rata contribjiUonj was*' negatived by 11 to 10/? f55 The possibility of a hew mail' service with,. Great Britain was mentioned at a meeting! of a select committee appointed to enquire into steamship communication with : Britain. The chairman stated' that [he had asked the Russian Consul to obtain particulars of the possibility of transmitting Mails by the Siberian railway.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12796, 30 September 1905, Page 3
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112FEDERAL POLITICS. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12796, 30 September 1905, Page 3
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