SIXPENNY CABLES.
ORDINARY RAtE.
SUPPORTED BY SIR JOSEPH WARD. ' STATE'OWNERSHIP. ■ i . (By TelcEraph.-I'ross '-/ . (Rec. August 6, 0,40 a.m.) ■• ;'.'■'.' London, August 5. I Tile "Daily Chronicle" interviewed Sir Joseph Ward on ..the subject of Cheaper 'cablegrams!; ' " '.•Sir Josftph said ho was unable to go as fftr as penny-a-word cablegrams at present, but ho was sure that an .ordinary rate of sixpence a word would pay over and over ngaiti compared with tho present restrictive charges. Whori private peoplo'used tho cables for domestic and social purposes) tho accession of cablo business would bo enormous. ! He had tie desire to reflect on the management of companies, ;.but.. he considered that cables ought to be State-owned,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 579, 6 August 1909, Page 5
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112SIXPENNY CABLES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 579, 6 August 1909, Page 5
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