DIRECT CABLE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMAHtT HEKAXD. Sib, — I am ashamed to trouble you with a few lines on the above subject, knowing full' well there are,- hundreds : rnqre able to. pen: a; .few lines op # matter that must benefit the
whple of tho Southern 'Hetnisphbrb, and also '. be tho connecting link with us and our doar ' old Great Britain. You know as well as Ido '. that there are thousands more able to write I to you than I can, and, Mr Editor, it makes . me ashamed of them to think (that iho sner- i cantQe community should be bo blind to" their 1 own interest m a work that would elevate I every man, woman and child m these colonies, I that they. would say r the penny, pqßtago is a 1 fool to it. ' ■■ ■ ' Take it m any point of view you like, and i thoro is not one out of a thousand that would i say that, Ashburton is right, nnd remember that, direct communication is the technical J, point of our defence. ■ ' . j I am, &c., ' '■■■ ( Ashdurxon. , April 19th, 1886. . ,
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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3605, 20 April 1886, Page 3
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186DIRECT CABLE. Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3605, 20 April 1886, Page 3
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