THE AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1977, 6 October 1886, Page 3

THE AUSTRALIAN CABLE

Per PiiESS Association. WtauNCTON, Oct 5, The Pn si Association have received ili,. following from the Superintendent of the CaMc Company Postmrs er- <; ntial of Victoria telegraphed on Wednesday to the Postmaster-Si neral of New South Wales sitgg'sting the desirability o' loming to terms with the Compmy upon a reasonable basis. Mr Derharn further suggested that all the colonies should he invited to contribute to I lie Port Dirwin, New Zealand and Tasmanian Cables in proportion to populate n. In the afternoon Mr Derhum received a rcjily from Mr Suitor to the (fleet that he had communicated with the New Zealand Government and the representative of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company on the subject, and Imped to be able to prevent an increased tariff being charged. Mr Derliam subseipK n'ly teb-graphed to the Saperiutendeut of t’leJCornpany, and reipieH ed him, in vitw of the negotiations opened up. to arianga to postpone the raising of the lari If, for n"month. T 'he Superintendent immediately replied tt nt he had cabled the request, of Mr Pender. The action of the New Zealand Governme.it in refusing to continue its subsidy to the Com. pur,v is not viewed with favor by Victoria. New South 'Vales, South Australia and Tasmania, each contribute to the Port Darwin and Tasmanian Cables whilst Nt w Zealand does not contribute one penny towards either of these Cables, notwithstanding the fact that she derives a large amount of benefit from those services. Should the New Zealand Govt riuncut refuse to pay a subsidy the question arises as to whether the charges on messages received by the Port Darwin and Tumtanian Cables for New Zealand should lie raised, The Postmaster-General intends to communicate wi h the Australian Government, and ask them to make a reduction in the levied upon cable messages passing through their dominions to a uniform charge of (id for the first, ten words and Is 2d per word after, this would mean a gain of Is per lirsl 10 words and Is 2d aft or wards, as compared with the present rates. If the Government do not consent they will be asked to fix the above rates for press messages, which at present are charged the same as ordinary messages. Sir Julius is also favorable to reducing the New Zealand rales on messages to London to Id per word, and abolishing the extra oharges now imposed after 8 p tn.