CABLE CHARGES.

West Coast Times, 10 September 1910, Page 3

CABLE CHARGES.

LATEST CABLES

VIEWS OF SIR W. HALL JONES. [PXR PKIEB3 ASSOCIATION.-—COPYIUGHT. ] LONDON, September' 9. The New Zealand High Commissioner, Sir William Hall Jones, in an interview on the question of cheaper cables, declared that it was a monstrous proposition that Britain and the Dominions should bo unable to reduce the charge on an All British Cable when the messages were sent throughout under their own flag unless they obtained the consent of foreign powers. The consent of the signatories of the Lisbon Convention, he said, was only necessary in international matters affecting foreign interests' and messages passing through foreign countries. The denial of deferred rates to code messages, Sir William Hall Jones thought, was undesirable. It was almost impossible to define accurately what a plain language cablegram meant. The better plan would be the reduction of the ordinary charge to eightpence and the charging of double rates for urgent messages. Thus, he added, would the best results bo secured from the Pacific cabl.