CABLE DUPLICATION.
.. WORK TO BE PUT IN HAND. United Press Association. SYDNEY, May 10. The steamer Stephen will shortly arrive from London with material for Mic two new cables for the Pacific Cable Boar,d —one being for the South-ports-Sydney line, and the other for the Suva-Auckland section. As the routes have been already surveyed, the work of laying the cables will be started shortly after the vessel's arrival. Mr Milward, manager of the Pacific Cable, says the duplication of the cable from Canada to Fiji is held up pending the tests of the new cable, which is calculated to considerably increase the speed of transmission of messages and bring about a reduction in the rates. If the tests are success- j ful all the cable companies recognise that it will bring about a revolution in cable telegraphy. Mr Milward added that whilst he admitted that wireless would play an important part in connection with strategic purposes, it was not to be feared commercially in the' near future. In any case, if commercial wirless developed the cable concerns hoped by an ultimate reduction i-Qi rales to successfully compete against it. A NEW TYPE.
GREATLY INCREASED CAPACITY. United Press Association. "SYDNEY, May 10. Mr Millward states that a new type of cable now being tested is expected to increase the carrying capacity by at least eight times, compared with what is possible at present.
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Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15236, 12 May 1923, Page 7
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232CABLE DUPLICATION. Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 15236, 12 May 1923, Page 7
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