INTERNATIONAL CABLE CONFERENCE.
QUESTIONS AFFECTING AUSTRALIA. [press association.! MELBOURNE, Bth July. The.Hon. J. G. Drake, Federal Post-master-General, states that the admission of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Telegraph Union as a first-class State, as agreed upon at the International Cable Conference in. London, Avas practically the only matter which Mr H. Oopelaiid (New South Wales Agent-General), who acted as representative for Australia, submitted to the Conference. Mr. Drake says that Mr. Copeland was instructed to strongly oppose the bringing of cable rates for lines outside Europe into conformity with European rates, on the ground that the circumstances connected with the Australian cable service are very different to those of the older and more thickly populated countries. The proposal was rejected by the C6nference.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVI, Issue 8, 9 July 1903, Page 5
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124INTERNATIONAL CABLE CONFERENCE. Evening Post, Volume LXVI, Issue 8, 9 July 1903, Page 5
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