THE CABLES QUESTION.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.
MELBOURNE, February 14. The general manager of the Eastern Extension Company has informed the Postmaster-General that his Board have agreed to the modifications of the Cape cable scheme recommended by the Premiers’ Conference, subject to certain slight amendments. Formal notice of not less than six months will bo given to enable the company to open their own offices simultaneously with the completion of the cable. The question of lifting the Roebuck Bay cable is to bo left to the Westralian Government and the company to settle after the completion of the Cape cable. The manager states that the reduced rates come into operation within three weeks after signing the contract.
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Evening Star, Issue 111556, 15 February 1900, Page 1
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116THE CABLES QUESTION. Evening Star, Issue 111556, 15 February 1900, Page 1
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