ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN SERVICE.
SIXPENNY MESSAGES SUPPORTED
SYDNEY, Dec. 6.
At the Chamber of Manufacturers* dinner, the Postmaster-General hoped thai the day of cheaper cables was not far distant. Government would do all it could. He wanted to nationalise the Atlantic cable, but there was a lot of opposition to the proposal. He would support for all he knew sixpenny cables between England and Australia.
Mr Cook, leader of the Federal Opposition, hoped that the day would come when they would have a right of way by cable through the heart of the Empire, and when such cables would be used to advantage in respect to defence. Government might rety on the support of the Opposition. in any steps taken towards welding the Empire together.
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Northern Advocate, 6 December 1910, Page 5
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