PACIFIC CABLE

Southland Times, Issue 20014, 30 October 1926, Page 7

PACIFIC CABLE

SHORE END LAID. Sydney, October 29. The Pacific Cable Board lias been advised that the cableship Dominia has safely laid the shore end of the new cable at Blomfield, and has begun paying out the cable on the voyage to Fanning Island.—-A. & N-Z. COMPLETION CM-’ DUPLICATION. (Per United Press Affiociation.) Wellington, October 29. The Secretary-General of the Post Office has been advised that another step towards the completion of the duplication- of the Pacific cable between New Zealand and Canada, was made yesterday when the cable steamer Dominia landed the shore end of the northern section of the cable at BamfieM, which is the Vancouver Island terminus. The ship then commenced paying out the cable towards Fanning Island, which is 3,458 miles distant. This is the longest span of cable in the world. The southern section of the cable., Fanning Island to Suva (Fiji), is to be laid by the cable steamer Faraday. The latter vessel left Thames on the same day as the Dominia and was at Honolulu last week-end replenishing her oil supplies. The Faraday left Honohdn on Monday for Fanning Island, where she will land the shore end of the Fanning IslandSuva section of the cable early next month and will then proceed with the laying to Suva. The duplication should be completed about the middle of November. It will be recollected that the southern section of the cable, i.e„ Suva to Auckland, was duplixstediu 1923.