CABLE RATES
MR MILWARD INTERVIEWED,': PENNY CABLEGRAMS IMPOSSIBLE. Press Association-ißy Telegraph-CopyrigH BRISBANE, December 1. . Mr Milward, manager of the Pacific ■Cable Board, arrived by the* Aorangi. Interviewed, he said that the cable continues to progress. He regarded a penny Kite as impossible if.it were intended to' produce a sufficient revenue- to cover the interest and working vcxpenses; otherwise it would require an enormous' subsidy, The increased traffic would necessitate the duplication of the cables many times. He believed there was-' a possibility of existing rates being considerably reduced, and would favour some reduction if on paying lines. He hoped to see the wireless system extended to the islands of the Pacific.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14386, 2 December 1908, Page 5
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111CABLE RATES Otago Daily Times, Issue 14386, 2 December 1908, Page 5
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