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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1759, 26 May 1906, Page 3

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IMPORTANT SUBJECTS,

®S ieligripli, Pren Am'u, Coysyilgh Molbourno, May 25.

Mr Daskin saw Mr Seddon prior to the latter'e departure for Adelaide, and arranged for a formal ooDforenoo on mattora of mutual interest between Australia aud New Zealand on Mr Seddon’s return to Melbourne. He is expired back on Thursday.

Mr Seddon infcimed an interviewer that he had been misled by the statement Sir W. Lyne mad 9 to Sir Joseph Ward when the latter was in Melbourne, to tbe eileot that as Now Zealand and Australia were competitors in too production of certain articles, there whs no ooanoe of ibe establishment of reoiprooity- He had asc rtaimd tbat Sir W. Lyne neither represented tbe views of bis colleagues nor tbe commercial classes of Australia ; on tbe contrary, he found Mr Deakiu anxious to com.* to toimi.

Sydney, M»y 26,

The Herald, commenting on Mr Bed don’s remarks with regard to tbe New Hebrides, says it is ratlnr late to call as he does a New Z-a and-A'ietotlia combine

and say ih-re shall be only cna iLg tbe Union J *ck, dominating tbe Pso.fic, but

n is not too late to wake up to the knowledge of ibe fact tnat Bntish statesmen ire open O listen to our representations on he -übj cs, and are even waiting for bem.