PACIFIC CABLE.
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(Received May 10, 11 a.ni.) SYDNEY, May 10.
Tho steamer Stephen is shortly to !arrive from London with material for tAvp new cables for the. Pacific cable aboard—one for the,.; Southport-Syd-ney line, an the other;for the SuvaAuckland section. A 3 the j routes haye already been surveyed, the work of laying the cables \vill bo started shortly after the vessel's arrival.
Mr. Milward, manager of the Paci- ;>• fie Cable, says , the duplication of tho 5 cable from Canada to Fiji is held up ; pending tests of the new cable, which ♦ is calculated to considerably increaiso ': the speed in transmission of messages .* and to bring about a reduction in rates. If tho tests are successful all the cable companies recognise'it."wilF* 1 bring about a revolution in cable to|o- ■£; graphy. Mr. Milward added that, & whilst he admitted that wireless would J play an important part in connection * with strategic purposes, it would not * be feared commercially in the near future. In any case, if commercial jj wireless developed the cable concerns « hoped ilry.au ultimate reduction in # rates to successfully compete against "'* it. '-'■'••■'; ': .':'. .'.-
Mr. Milliard stales the new type of Z cable now being tested is expected' to - increase the carrying capacity at least # eight times, compared with What is pos- ■* sible at pi-e&ent. V , "-' *
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16122, 10 May 1923, Page 3
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