The Press Association and Cable Charges. [By Telegraph.]

Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 148, 6 November 1886, Page 2

The Press Association and Cable Charges. [By Telegraph.]

i (From our Own Correspondent.) Christchurch, This Day. I An adjourned meeting of the directors ol I Press Association was held here yesterday ¦ when the question of cable messages and th< ¦ thrcatonod increase of rates occupied theii I attention all day. Mr. Collins, Router's r agent in Wellington, had a conference witl t the direotors, and it was agreed that no in I creased expenditure should be incurred foi • cable nowa, no matter what rates wer( 1 charged. If tho increase is insisted upon . messages from Europe will bo cut down t( f the lowest possible limits. It was agreed t( . send messages informing all the nowspaperi , that the Association had urged tho Govern , mont to make some reasonable arrangemen' , with the Cable Company for a period no' ; exceeding -fivo years. Sir J. Vogel is ii ; Christchurch, but tho direotors resolved noi , to interview him after their unsatisfactory . conversation with Sir R. Stout. Newspaper" • representing all shades of politics won . reprosonted, and the decision arrived at wai - unanimous. The Association is to mccl 3 again in Wellington as soon as Parliament is called together. 1 [Bt Telegraph.] [ | UNITED PBESB ASSOCIATION. | Christchurch, sth November, i At the annual mooting of tho United Presi Association, tho Directors' report for th< year contained a statement upon the positioi 5 of affairs with regard to cable rates. Aftei 3 detailing stops which had beon taken tc induce a favourable issue without success, . the clause concludes — " Your Directors d* t sire to express their decided opinion that i1 is to the interest of the press and the public of the colony that the Government should - agree to pay the annual contribution ol 3 JRQOQ now asked toward tho cable sub • sidy for a further period not exceeding five years." The report was unanimously adopted.