A. NEW CABLE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2902, 18 February 1893, Page 3

A. NEW CABLE.

(per press association). (Received February 18, 1140 a.m.) Paris, February 17, | Government have submitted to the i Chamber of Deputies a bill providing 1 for the construction of a cable to connect N*w Caledonia with Queensland. In introducing the measure it was pointed out that great inconvenience aiid delay arise from the want of telegraphic communication between Australia and ISew Caledonia. Government propose to grant a subsidy of £8000 per year for thirty years, on condition that the cable and all its belongings are entirely French, and that it must be laid by a French ship ; also that it be controlled by a French directorate in Paris, which control must not be parted with unless by special consent, and that the QueenslandGovernment promise to give the venture exclusive landing rights for thirty years. The proposed cable is to form part of a scheme, but there is no promise or reference to for extension of the cable across the Pacific ocean. London, February -17. The scheme is adversey criticised here, as likely to prevent the construction of a British cable to Queensland across the Pacific.