PACIFIC CABLE CO.
WORK OF ' DUPLICATION
AUCKLAND, April 16. ! Mr. John Milward, manager of the Pacific Cable Company, arrived by ■ the Iris from Suva. He states the re- ! suit of the survey for the cable ex- ; tension was most satisfactory. Hie . bottom was excellent and the route ; would lie good in every way. Ihe j stretches being duplicated were Sydney to Southport, near Brisbane, oUO j miles; Suv<x to A/ucklcind dnect 1200 miles. The cost of the work on both cables was £300,000, and the cables should he laid by August 14 next, ; possibly earlier. Explaining why a longer duplication was in abeyance, Mr. Milward . said that experiments were being car- ( ried out with a new design of sub- j marine cable, known as the continu- s ous load cable, the practical result of ! which, if successful, would be that i the cable would carry eight times as much work as at present.—P.A. j
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Gisborne Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9670, 17 April 1923, Page 5
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