THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
c YESTEBDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. i- NEED OF BETTEE COMMUNICA--7 TION. 1 [Fuses Association.— CoPXßiam.] (Received June 8. 9.40 a.m.) , LONDON, Monday. I (Lord Crewe, Secretary of State 3 for the Colonies, presided at the open 5 ing of the first Press Conference on I cable news, and press inter-eommuni- . cation. He remarked that very choap ; communication lay behind all prescriptions for bringing the various parts of the Empire closer. Mr Buxton, Postmaster-General, remarked that the subject was largely a matter of finance. He promised that the Post Office would assist in securing the objects of the Conference. Other speeches were made l>y Messrs Kyffin-Thomas, Fink, and Temperley, It was resolved that the cheapening and improvement of cable rates were a paramount necessity, and a comtnil- , tee was appointed to consider the means of achieving this end. Mr Deakin 's and Sir Joseph Ward 's messages of congratulation -to the "Standard are published. Mr Kyffin-Thomas has been appointed President of all press delegations, in addition to the chairmanship of the Australian section.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 8 June 1909, Page 3
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173THE PRESS CONFERENCE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 8 June 1909, Page 3
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