STATE CABLE SERVICE.
(per press association.)
Auckland, March 8,
Speaking at Te Awamutu Mr Ward said the present condition of affiirs in regard to cable rates between New Zealand and Australia was unsatisfactory, and be thought New Zealand should lay its own cable. He had formerly asked the Cable Company if they would sell their cables and thought the matter had been remitted to the London Board, but ho heard no more of it. The Premier was also with him in the views ho held that the State should own its own cable, and he trusted that the majority of members of Parliament would also agree so that a much needed reform would not bo a thing of discussion, but an established fact with a State owned cable. The rates would then be considerably reduced-
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 8 March 1901, Page 3
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135STATE CABLE SERVICE. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 8 March 1901, Page 3
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