THE PACIFIC CABLE

Otago Witness, Issue 2968, 1 February 1911, Page 27

THE PACIFIC CABLE

IMPROVED APPAEATUS

SYDNEY, January 25.

Mr Milward, manager for the Pacific Cable Board in the Pacific, has returned from a visit to Canada.

He says that the board now controls tha line oi communication from Australia to Montreal, and has effected an installation which has enabled the despatch of cablegrams to be expedited 25 per oent.; in other words, the board is able to deal with 25 per cent, more business in a given tims. Mr Milward's mission to Canada was for the purpose of installing apparatus and taking over for the board the lino previously leased from the Canadian PacifiG Company. The telegraph can now carry messages over 6100 miles with only oneland line, whereas the old system required three handlings. On being asked if the innovation was likely to lead to a reduction of rates within a reasonable time l , Mr Milward said :• " It places us in a better position in regard to a reduced cost. The present weekly average over the Pacific line is 42,000 words. This shows a marked continuous increase. It is. conceivable that if the board increased the carrying capacity of the cables to a large extent and the public supplied sufficient business, th« rates may be affected. Referring to the All-Red route, Mr Milward declared that it would obviously be an advantage to have a cable right through the Atlantic. The cables at the present time are practically controlled by American capitalists.