EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS.
NEED FOR MORE CABLES. .
SIR J." COOK'S VIEW. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 12.30 a.m.) SYDNEY. Dec. 23. Referring to the cabled report of Mr. Lloyd George's statement in the House of Commons, Sir Joseph Cook, Minister for the Commonwealth Navy, declared that another Pacific cable and the duplication of the Atlantic connecting cable were both long overdue. The matter of Empire communications was daily becoming more imperative, and it was high time that a forward movement was begun. Mr. Lloyd George, in answer to a question in the House of Commons, said that the Imperial Telegraph Communications Board had considered but had not reached a decision regarding the duplication of"the Pacific cable and the construction of an Atlantic cable to connect with the Pacific.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17351, 24 December 1919, Page 9
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128EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17351, 24 December 1919, Page 9
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