THE PACIFIC CABLE.
! . - ; *?? ',-.-..■; Press Assn-rßy telegraph—Copyright. " BRISBANE, yesterday. Mr Milward, manager of the Pacific Cable Board, arrived by the Aorangi. j Interviewed, he said the cable con- j tinued to progress. He regarded a penny rate as impossible, if it was intended te produce sufficient to cover t interest and expenses; otherwise, it would require an enormous subsidy, j Increased traffic would necessitate the duplication of the cables many times. : j Mr Milward believed there was a possibility of the existing rates being ; considerably reduced, and would fay- , our some reduction if it could be made on paying lines. ! He hoped to see the wireless, system extended to tho islands of the Pacific.^
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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 131, 2 December 1908, Page 5
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113THE PACIFIC CABLE. Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 131, 2 December 1908, Page 5
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