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BREAK IN PACIFIC CABLE

inteiikuftion to traffic. A break has occurred in the P.icifie cable some hundreds of miles from New •feiUmd, and it is believed to bo duo. to a submarine disturbance. Until further nut ice. messages for any place other than.Norfolk Island and Australia cannot be accepted via Pae-'fic, and all international traffic must be routed via Eastern. The Pacific, Cable Board's cstc.iincr Iris will leave Auckland to-day to effect repairs, and it, is probable that it will complete the. work before the end of next 4 week. During the interruption,' the cables v : a Eastern will be heavily taxed, mid to minimise the consequent delay the Eastern Extension Telegraph Com-

pany cannot accept deferred rate teleprams. The public are requested to reduce Cabling as' much a.s possible, confining their messages lo matters of an urgent nature. The Eastern Company advise that the restrictions do not. apply to intercolonial traffic, as its two -cables to Sydney can easily cany the increased traffic without delay. THE tNTEKUTJI'TION LOCATED. By Telegraph-Press Association. Auckland, February 27. A total interruption of communication on. Hie. lines' of the Pacific, Cable. Board occurred last night, shortly l>efore midnight. The 'nterruntion has been located bots-ecn Norfolk Island and Suva. Advices received from the board state that the cable may either, be broken'or elso stripped for-some distance, but it is not anticipated that the damage is of a serious nature. -The cable steamer Iris is to

sail for the seen.? of trouble some time to-morrow, and it is thought that communication nwv be twain resumed by Wednesday. It will take the Iris ot least two days to arrive at the desired spot, but once there- it will probably be only a matter of hours before the damage is repaired..

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 6

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BREAK IN PACIFIC CABLE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 6

BREAK IN PACIFIC CABLE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 132, 28 February 1920, Page 6

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