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Show COLONIAL NEWS. A Boodle Secretary to Be Investigated Duties Removed. Ottawa, May 2S. A- resolution in the house for the appointment of royal commissioners commis-sioners to inquire into the charges against Sir A. P. Caron for obtaining large sums out of the subsidy to railways, etc., for his own u, was carried. Sir John Thompson, minister of justice, announced in the house that notice was received from Newfoundland that extra duties on Canadian products would not be collected after the 30th inst. In consequence a notice has been sent to Newfoundland that the Canadian customs duties on fish and fish products from that colony will not in future be enforced. |