CHEAPER CABLES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 September 1910, Page 3

CHEAPER CABLES.

'RO POSED KCROPKAX COX KI;J; loxc.io.

[BY KLECTKIC TKLKGIi Al'rj--COPYHIOHT.j LPKR PRESS ASSOnATiOM.j (Received This Da v. 8..m a m) MICLBOi RXI-;, This Day. Ihe I ostina.stcr.Polici al approves or Mr Meninkor Idea ton's suggested eoiiterence oi Imi rf>j>pa n Postmasterswonoral to discuss tho fjiiPsti'Mi of penny-a-word cables. Tic savs ho always favoured cheap cables.' 'Jbt first step so far a.s Australia was concerned -would l>o to have a State-owned table to connect across ■to ( anada with the Pacttic cable Hp was oxtreniely anxious to see that established. Tben it .would oe possible to reduce the rates to or even fi,l a word. He believed a 9;1 rate would nav if th" cable were used during 'tlie whole tuenty-iowr lioiu's. A reduction to a pennv would ('f)ine it some means were (iiscovercd of sendiiie; cables at a quicker rate. He wanted to see the time come when the cable service woub, be used not only by the millionaire, out by the millions.