IMPEDING CHEAPER CABLES.
LONDON, March 19. ! 7"he Atlantic cable companies are unwilling to further reduce Press rates according to the request of Mr. Deakin and Sir Joseph Ward. [A reduction in the rates of the At- ' 'antic cable companies is a necessary preliminary to a great reduction in the through rates via Pacific as foreshadowed I by Sir Joseph Ward, who spoke last year ■ of the possibility of cabling to and from ' England at the public rate of one shilling ! a word, with a correspondingly cheaper j rut? for Press messages.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 69, 20 March 1908, Page 5
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