EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION.
■' EVIDENCE ON CABLE RATES. Br Teleeraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, April 30. Before the Empire Trade Commission, JXr. Oxenham, Secretary to tho Postal Department, gave evidence in favour of a State-owned Atlantic cable, so that tho Pacific Cable Board'would havo full control of the traffic between the United Kingdom and Australia, and be in a position to provide tho cheapest, speediest, and most efficient, service possible in tho circumstances. He suggested that tho ordinary cablo Tates should be reduced to 2s. a word, press work to 6d., deferred messages to Is., and week-end cables to 6d. He considered the present scanty press cables would be considerably increased if tho Tates were reduced.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1738, 1 May 1913, Page 5
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113EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1738, 1 May 1913, Page 5
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