CABLE TARIFF
Replying to a question in the House of Representatives, the Post-master-General states that the penny-a-work cable suggested by Mr Henniker Heaton does not appear to be practicable. The most immediate prospect of reduction was to a minimum ofßda word for deferred cable messages and is a word for such messages in plain language. WIRELESS SCHEME. ~ A scheme for bringing Australia Australia and Britain into communication by wireless stages was considered to be an engineering possibility but whether it would be an efficient substitute for cable was a question open to grave doubt.
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Hastings Standard, Volume XIII, Issue 4303, 4 November 1909, Page 5
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94CABLE TARIFF Hastings Standard, Volume XIII, Issue 4303, 4 November 1909, Page 5
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