CHEAP CABLE MESSAGES.
CONCESSION IN AUSTRALIA. (By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 37. Speaking at a function to commemorate the duplication of the Pacific cable, the Postmaster-General, Mr Gibson said the Federal Government was prepared co grant concessions which will cost £75,0G0 yearly and is also prepared to reduce its terminal charges from 4d to 2d a word. The postmaster said the terminal charge on press messages was a half penny a word. The press now enjoyed a cheaper rate than ahy pait of the world. He did not think they could look to a greater reduction.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 December 1926, Page 5
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101CHEAP CABLE MESSAGES. Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 December 1926, Page 5
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