THE PACIFIC CABLE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 223, 26 January 1911, Page 5

THE PACIFIC CABLE

INCREASED SERVICE BUT NO REDUCED RATES. | By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, Received 25, 10.50 p.m. Sydney, January 25. * Mr. Mil ward, manager for the Pacific Cable Board in the Pacific, has returned from a visit to Canada. He says the Board now controls the line of communication from Australia to Montreal, and has effected an installation which will enable dispatched cables to be expedited by 25 per cent. In other words the cable 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 the apparatus and taking over for the board the line previously leased from the Canadian-Pacific Telegraphs. The board can now carry messages over 6100 miles with only one land line. The old system required three handlings. Asked if the innovation likely to lead to a reduction of rates within reasonable time, Mr. Mil ward said: "It places us in a better position. Wfth regard to reduced cost, the present weekly average on the Pacific line is 42,000 words. This showed a marked continuous increase, and it was conceivable that if the board increased the earning capacity of cables to a large extent, and the public supplied sufficient bu*mess, the rates mav be affected."

Referring to the All-Red route, he declared that obviously it would be an advantage to have the cable right throush. The Atlantio cables at the present time were practically controlled by American capitalists.