THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
BRITISH CO-OPERATION REFUSED. {Press Association. —Copyright 1 OTTAWA, Saturday. The Postmaster-General announced in the House of Commons that the British authorities had refused to co-operate in a State-owned cable to Canada, and the Dominion was unable itself to embark on a State-owned cable owing to the excessive cost and the large demands on the Treasury at present for home development. Mr Pelletier said_ he hoped a new company, British-owned,' would be established to control the Atlantic service.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 4 March 1912, Page 5
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80THE ATLANTIC CABLE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 4 March 1912, Page 5
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