CABLE RATES.
THE FEDERAL SENATE'S INQUIRY. > PACrfIC LINE. , I EVIDENCE BX THE MANAGER. . (By Toleccapb.—Pr<ai AißocifcUon.-Gocrclght',! (Roo. November 10, 0.40 ajn.) Melbourne, November 9, The' Select Committee ' appointed by , the, Senate to consider the press cablo BcrVico, especially in relation to charges of monopoly' , made against' the Press Association by Senator' Poarce, heard ,thb evidence' of, Mr,; j; Locksloy, manager of the .yaoinß,,CaMo,;,::;,,'.;',; . Mr, eaid. thero waa no : agreomeist. /, with thb Australian PressAssociation■''Sβ ;to', i' the number of cablegrams to bo sent over hie ; v linos. yThe Canadian ; were ■ : strengthened. 'What: was. really wanted was a. vi 'direct land line, for/ which 'the ' Canadian* -' : Government had odored, a freo;. right "' Witness .added, that .ap extra'JCCOOO worth!,,6f ij? business enable the Pacifc <3abW Bowrd ~• to reduce its rates, and the press would prb>° portionately benefit.' The (Pacific' .was; only 23' per. cent.' of the'directly competitive' ■-:.?) tradic. If the Pacifio'cable got the full'traffio;' , it woul4 pay handsoinelyi' i{/it. got. 50; per:':: cent:, it would have a surplus.'■:,;. : :'. : !. \\^<'i' : '\'y , The Pacifio Cablo Board, llr, 1 Locksley jnaini!',: tained, should have.two cables' across,.the At-' lantic in order to bo free,of other.; companies {.," the cost would be d million and >;half,: As -'. ■the Pacific- cable waa. otrocd t 'iu -part' Australian Government; th'6:latfer eho.uld. tatot/, 'stopa; to 1 pusti its biisincsS)-that might-apply ,tkp .transmission,,of proßs';cables.'. '.?,'.'<)Sk.■■■■ '<■■■$
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 660, 10 November 1909, Page 7
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222CABLE RATES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 660, 10 November 1909, Page 7
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