THE CABLE DISPUTE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1361, 4 October 1886, Page 3

THE CABLE DISPUTE

Wellington Oo ober 3 Tha Press Asstm-ia ion ha» rec j ived the following from the Superintend e t of the Gable Company—“ PostmA'ier-Gerseral of Victoria telegraphed on Wednesday *o Postmaster-General. ent'gestmu the desirab!en?B» of cmiiog to terms with C >n- ! any upon res-souabls haris. Mr Derham funner suggest sd that all colonies should be invited to cjr.t ihu'e to P r Da<win, New Z island, and Tasmanian Gable in proportion to popo’at'on. Id f e a t-'rooou Mr D rham received a reoly from Mr Satton o the effect that he had communicated with the O>.Z Government and representative of thn Etstetn Extension Telegraph Company <n the subj-ct, and hoped to he sbie to prevent, increased tariff being charged. Mr De h m subsequently tela-raphed to tha buperinten dent of tbe C unpany and requested him in view of oegot aliens being opai ed up to arrange to portpone the raising of ihe tar ff fo-a m mh, The Superintendent immediately replied that he had cabled a request to that effect to Mr Pender, The action of the New Zealand Government In refusing to cm tinue its subsidy to the Company. Is not viewed wi h favor in V'C'oria, New South Wales, t oath Australia ard Tasman-a. each of which contrib' tsti the Port Darwin and T etna ran o>b'es. N w Zealand d es not cootrlb tte one penny towards either of these oanlea, notwithstanding the fact that eha derives a large amount of benefit from t‘ i ose services. Should the New Z ‘sUnd Government refuse to pay a subsidy the question arises as to whether charges on messages received by tha Port Darwin and Trsmanian cables for New Zealand should not be raised.”