THE NEW CABLE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1636, 1 January 1913, Page 6

THE NEW CABLE.

OPENED FOB TRAFFIC YESTERDAY.

, (By Telegraph'.—Presa Association.) " Chpistchupch,fDeceniber 31. , Oil the'last day of the old year the new chblo between' Auckland and Sydney was opened. The station at Doubtless Bay has been abandoned, as the new cable Tuns direct, into the Auckland Post Office, where the company"'-has special 'offices. On Tuesday, the Hou.. li. Hcaton Rhodes, Postmaster-General was advised by the teldgraph .engineer ■at' Auckland that the Pacific cable work was 'now going direct from that office, and that, the company s staff would return from Doubtless Bay on New Year's Day. Everything, he said, Lwas working satisfactorily, under 1 the tube system.', for relaying traffic ,to the old M'c'es. , ... / ' In connection with (he opening, Mr. Rhodes telegraphed. Mr. Milward, manager for the Pacifio; Cable Board at Auckland, as follows;—"Pleasenocept toy congratulations on the successful opening .of your new cable; "which will still further draw "the bonds of uniting the ebuthern Dominions of the Empire, and help to bring them into closer association on points of material interests." . . . _ 1 The reply received ffl)m. Mr. Milward was as follows: —"Much gratified at the receipt of your'message, and pleased to be able to report that the new cables have done'excellent work to-day. I Am confident that whem tho Staff is familiar with tho' new "conditions the transit times be-tween-Australia and New Zealand will ho'reduced to an' absolute minimum. Please''accept 'my best thanks for 'your promise to be present at the luncheon in Auckland on January U to celebrate the occasion."