A New Cable.
(Per Press Association.)
Wellington, This day
Tho Governmeul intend to lay a sing], core cable across Cook Strait and ac order has been sent home for its construction. The Hinemoa on her return from Raratonga will survey a suitable route, In connection with tbe cable a Wheatstone automatic sender and receiver hai been ordered, by which messages can be despatched at a speed of about 450 wordi a minute. It has also been decided to place Dunedin and Wellington in direct telegraphic communication.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 3056, 5 April 1894, Page 2
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86A New Cable. Waipawa Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 3056, 5 April 1894, Page 2
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