Mr. Henniker Heston, M.P., the champion of penny postage throughout the British Empire, arrived here the other day by Canadian mail steamer on a flying trip round the world undertaken during the Parliamentary recess, He is staying xt Government House, and Captain Sterling, AD.C., does the honours in the absence of the Governor, Mr. Heaton is as keen and as determined as over his crusade against the obstructive officials at St. Martin' Grand, and hopes in the course of two three years to xee his project ut a penny letter rate to all the colonies adopted in spite of the various obstacles raised or imagined.
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