PACIFIC CABLE.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14353, 27 January 1911, Page 3

PACIFIC CABLE.

AUSTRALIA TO MONTREAL. Frees Association —-By Tel .—Copyright. "Received 10.50 p.m., Jan. 25th. SYDXKY, .Tan. 25Mr Milward, manager for the Pacific Oablo Board in tho Pacific, lias returned from a visit to Canada. Ho Bays tlio Board now controls tho lino of communication from Australia to Montreal, end has effected an installation which will enable tho despatch of cablos to bo expedited 25 per centum. In other words, they will be ablo to deal with 25 per centum more business in a given time. Mr Milward's mission to Canada was for the purpose of installing apparatus and taking over for tho Board the line previously leased from tho CanadianPacific Telegraphs. They can now carrv messages over GIGO miles with only one land line, whereas tho old system required three handlings. Asked if the innovation was likely to lead to a reduction nf rates within a reasonable time, Mi* Milward said, "It places us in a better position in regard to reduced cost. The present weekly average on the Pacific lino is 42,000 words. This showed a marked continuous increase, and it' is conceivable that if the Board increased the carrying capacity of tho cables to a largo extent, and tho public supplied sufficient business, tho rates may bo affected." "Referring to tho All Red route, he declared that it was obviously an advantage to have a cable right through. The Atlantic cables at the present time are practically controlled by American capitalists.