CODE CABLES
COST'OF NEW SYSTEM
DEARER THAN OLD
(Received 19th December, 11 a.m.)
LONDON, 19th December.
A table issued by the Amalgamated Code compilers shows the effect of the now five-letter code on a basis of Is 8d a word. It is dearer than the old tenletter code up to eiglit words, but after that the new system is progressively dearer, for example, as much as 7s on a fifty-word message. The week-end letter Tate is abolished in favour of a' standard rate of one-third of the full rate with a TniniTmiTTi equivalent to 25 words and all "urgents" are double instead of treble ordinary Tates.
The Tariff Commission of the recent International Telegraph Conference decided to alter the use of the ten-letter code in favour of a five-letter code. It was reported at the time that the abolition of the ten-letter code is not expected to endure for long. "The Times" stated.that there was widespread opposition to the abolition in Britain which in her case uses the code extensively and that there-was a feeling that some nations which are experiencing financial difficulties are seeking relief at the expense of Britain. The decision, besides altering costs, will involve considerable Tevision of code books.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 147, 19 December 1932, Page 9
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203CODE CABLES Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 147, 19 December 1932, Page 9
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