The Pacific Cable.
[Special -.to Press Association/} MELBOURNE, August 13. The negotiations for the construction of the Pacific Cable have not advanced, owing to some .of the Colonies not replying to the circulate issued by Mr Gillies, the Premier, inviijing joint action in the matter. The Queensland and New Zealand Governments were quite in accord with the vitews held by Mr Gillies, but no rejply was received from New South 'Wales. The South Australian Government oppose the scheme, on the grounad of the heavy expenditure they haves incurred in the overland line from Port JDarwin to Adelaide. Mi* Gillies, in order to overcome this opposition, recommends ithat the other Coloniea should treat the overland route as a federal question, and contribute to the annual loss estimated on the first cost of the line. The amouni; required to be paid by each Colony, he,-oxplained, would be small.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6316, 14 August 1888, Page 3
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146The Pacific Cable. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6316, 14 August 1888, Page 3
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