NEW PACIFIC CABLE.
TESTS PROVE SATISFACTORY. AUCKLAND, January .20; Advice has been received by the Auckland office of the Pacific Cable Board that the cable steamer Faraday has removed the slight defect which revealed itself in the new cable between Suva and Fanning Island, and the vessel left Fanning Island this morning for Sydney. . En route she will call at Suva to deposit in the board’s tanks the cable not-at present required. The tests on the new cable, which runs from Suva to Bamfield. British Columbia, via Fanning Island, have given results beyond all expectations. The guaranteed speed of the cable has been exceeded by 100 per cent., and the signals recorded on the tapes at the rate of 240 words a minute ar more distinct than are those given by the old cable-when it was working at only 30 words a minute. In accordance with the terms of contract for making and laying the cable, the new cable will not be taken over by the Pacific Cable Board until it has given satisfactory service for 30 days. During that time the contractors will haYe the cable, at their disposal for some hours during the day for testing purposes.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3802, 25 January 1927, Page 79
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199NEW PACIFIC CABLE. Otago Witness, Issue 3802, 25 January 1927, Page 79
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