PROPOSED NEW CABLE.
; PACIFIC BOARD'S PLANS. £ST TKT.KffR.ftPH.— COKBESPOKDENT.] '<..::>,■. . f\:: ■ * Wellington, Tuesday. ■Ax I explanation will probably be given in the House of .Representatives to-morrow afternoon of the plans of the Pacific Cable' • Board - regarding the ■ provision of a newcable between New Zealand and Australia. A Bill has been introduced in the Imperial Parliament to I authorise • the expenditure of the Board's, reserve fund on , the; undertaking which has already been * sanctioned by ': the ■' contributing Govern- :■ ments, which are the Imperial Government ' and those of Canada, ; the Commonwealth of Australia, and New Zealand. The House of Representatives will be asked to approve of the , construction and : laying of a cable between Doubtless Bay, or any: more con- , venient point, and Australia, either direct or partly by means , of * a ', : subterranean cable across the North Island. "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14808, 11 October 1911, Page 7
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135PROPOSED NEW CABLE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14808, 11 October 1911, Page 7
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