THE CABLE RATES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVI, Issue LVI, 1 December 1908, Page 7

THE CABLE RATES.

Tpukhh ABsaciATioK "» (Received December 1, 1.42 p.m.) BRISBANE, December 1.

Mr Milward, manager of the Pacific Cable Board, arrived by the Aorangi. Interviewed, he said he Tegarded a penny rate impossible, if it was intended to produce sufficient revenue to cover interest and expenses. Otherwise it would require an enormous subsidy. Increased traffic would necessitate duplication of the cables many times. He believed there was a possibility of the existing rates being considerably reduced; and would favor some reduction if on paying lines. He hoped to see "wireless" , extended to the islands of the Pacific.