CABLE PROGRESS.
CABLE NEWS.'
United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyrij?i:t,
IMPORTANT PEONOUNCE-
MENT.
MANAGER OP CABLE BOARD INTERVIEWED.
PENNY RATE IMPOSSIBLE,
EXTEND THE WIRELESS SYSTEM. Received December 1, 1.4 p.m. BRISBANE, December 1. Mr Milward, manager of the Pacific Cable Board, arrived by the Aorangi. Interviewed, he said the cable cdntinued to progress. He regarded a penny rate as impossible, if it was intended to produce sufficient to cover interest and expenses; otherwise, it would require an enormous subsidy. increased traffic would necessitate the duplication of the cables many times. Mr Milward believed there was a possibility of the existing rates being considerably reduced, and would favour some reduction if it could be made on paying lines. He hoped to see the wireless system extended to the islands of the Pacific.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3059, 2 December 1908, Page 5
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