THE PACIFIC CABLE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12364, 26 January 1911, Page 5

THE PACIFIC CABLE.

INTERVIEW WITH THE MANAGER. NO PROSPECT OF REDUCED RATES (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright) SYDNEY, Jan. 25. Mr Mil ward, manager for the Pacific Cable Board in the Pacific, has returned from a visit to Canada. He says that the Board now controls a line of communication from Australia to Montreal, and has effected an installation whicli will enable the despatch of cables to be expedited 25 per cent. In other words, they will be able to deal with 25 per cent, more business in a given time. Mr Milward's mission to Canada was for the purpose of .installing apparatus and taking over for the Board the line previously leased from the Canadian Pacific. The telegraphs can now carry messages over 6100 miles with only one handling. The old system required three handlings. Asked if the innovation was likely to lead to a reduction of rates within a reasonable time Mr Milward said : "It places us in a. better position in regard to reduced cost. The present weekly average of the Pacific line is 42,000 words. This showed 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 that rates may be effected. Referring to the All-Red route, he declared it would obviously be to our advantage to .have a cable- right through. The Atlantic cables at the present time were practically controlled by American capitalists.