LOSS ON PACIFIC CABLE:.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 192, 8 May 1908, Page 7

LOSS ON PACIFIC CABLE:.

MVWW VJII A i »VU IV VllLfULw, -. HONOLULU DIVERSION/ "' BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATIOX-rCOPyRIGH V s, j. i'?..-* ir'.l' ,f.. J- V t :■ - London, Hay 6. Colonel- Seely,' UnSer-Secretary for th Colonies, replying in the" Commijni'tc) Liev tenant' BellairSj member for, King's" Lyiii estimated-feat the loss on the Pacific-cab] for the current year ( wpuld -bo .£69,P00. 1 ;,'; • The Imperial Government/ said Coloni Seoly, docs not consider th matter of relaying the 1 to'touc at Honolulu, unless the colonial partnet in the enterprise make a suggestion to tha effect.' ;' . ' .. i NEW ZEALAND'S SHARE OFiLOSSMr. J. K., Logan, Superintendent' of 'Electri Lines, to 'whom the above message- was referred said the'loss on the Pacific 1 cable was nothin out, of the way. It occurred:every year,- an was made iip chiefly by the big interest accoun on tho .£2,000,000 odd of, construction an repairs. New Zealand :,was \interested, l '. an< would have to-share:that'loss about ' It would -.oost'sGanada' abou .i-10,000, and the rest would bjvNei South Wales, Queensland' Victoria, and Tas mania. Jlr. Logan docs not understand'what i meant by the reference to "relaj'ing the lin in order to touch at Honolulu;'.' It was a sug gestion altogether new to him, and would meai the laying of a new cable altogether,, whicl ivould be a very costly work. : '. ' .