BUSINESS CABLES.
Electric Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. In the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon, the Hon. J. Duthie asked the Minister of Internal Affairs, whether, while the use of English words in the body of cable messages open to the censor may still be desirable, the use of the registered cipher addresses by the established mercantile firms and companies might not now be permitted, and if the Government would make representation thereon to the British authorities. Mr Duthie said that nothing was gained by the existing regulation in the way of privacy, and the additional cost per message was about £1 3s. The Hon. H. D. Bell said that New Zealand could not expect different treatment to that given to other portions of the Empire. The regulation had been made under Imperial instruction, and would not be departed from without the Imperial 1 consent. The best he could hope for regarding Mr Duthie’s request was that there would be some relaxation' in the regulation in cases where the New Zealand Government approved the sender.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 4945, 19 September 1914, Page 7
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