NEW CABLE SERVICE.
THE FEDERAL SCHEME. Press Awodation-By Telegraph-Copyright Received 10 p.m.. May 27tli. MELBOURNE," May 27. The Federal Government have decided to offer a subsidy of £2OOO a year for three years for a cable service from j abroad, that will supply a minimum of ■ 1000 words daily, limited to the exist- i' ing associations. [ The conditions are not all denned, ' but generally they will he on the lines : of suggestions made in the Senate j Committee's report. The service must I be available for all newspapers that ' comply with the conditions. ' The control of the service will be left to the newspapers interested, every '• paper taking the service to have a I voice in the management. Messages ' up to 1000 words per day must he transmitted by the Pacific cable, but no stipulation is made as to the route beyond that number. The Postmaster- i Genera! will settle the conditions under ; which the service will be supplied to j papers, but not the terms. The ' Federal Government have instructed the High Commissioner to support in every possible way the construction of a State-owned Atlantic line. !
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14211, 28 May 1910, Page 5
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187NEW CABLE SERVICE. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14211, 28 May 1910, Page 5
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