CANADIAN MAIL AND CABLE PROJECTS.
«, BRITISH SUBSIDY. A NEW CABLE ROUTE. [SPECIAL. ] London, 9th May. Tho British Government has agreed to contribute a aubflidy of .£75,000 to Canada's JJ25.000 towards the Atlantic aervioe in oonnootion with the through route to China and Australia. It is intended that the steamers i on tho line to the latter country shall have a minimum speed of 15 knots. It has not yet been deoided at what ports thoy shall call, out the terminus will be Sydney. Ottawa, 9th May. Mr. Gisborne, the Canadian electrician, has published a proposal to lay a cable across the Pacific Ocean to Australia. Roughly speaking, the route would be from Columbia to Attu, one of the Aleutian Isles, thence to Japan and Luzon, one of the Philippines, whence it would stretch acros3 to New Guinea and connect with Australia at Port Darwin. The length {g estimated at CGOO miles, and the cost at 7,000,000 dollars. The proposition has been favourably received. __^_________,
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Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 111, 11 May 1889, Page 2
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163CANADIAN MAIL AND CABLE PROJECTS. Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 111, 11 May 1889, Page 2
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