CABLE RATES.
BIG REDUCTIONS WANTED. MELBOURNE, this day. Before the Empire Commission, Mr Oxenham (secretary of the Postal Department) gave evidence in favour of a State-owned Atlantic cable, so that the Pacific Cable Board would have full control of the traffic between the United Kingdom and Australia, and be in a position to provide the cheapest, speediest, and most efficient service possible under the circumstances. He suggested that ordinary cable rates should be reduced to 2/ a word and Press rates to 6d a word, deferred to 1/, and the week-end cables to 6d a word. He considered the present scanty Press cables would be considerably increased if rates were reduced.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 102, 30 April 1913, Page 5
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