Cable Communication.
THE EASTERN COMPANY
PRIVILEGES ABROGATED,
COMPLAINTS OE INCONVENIENCE.
Melbourne, April 5
Owing to the Eastern Extension Cable Company refusing to ratify the agreement with the Federal Government as modified by the Senate, the Government has discontinued the privileges enjoyed by the company’s land line. Cablegraraes have now to be taken to the central office, the same as ordinary telegraph messages. The company and the mercantile community strongly complain of the inconvenience caused by the peremptory action of the Government.
Mr Deakin (Federal Premier), in reply, says the company kept the Government waiting an unduly long time over the agreement. The rights were granted in the full belief that the agreement would be ratified. The company enjoyed them for three years, the Commonwealth receiving nothing in return. The Secretary of the Postal Bureau says the department merely carried out the provisions 6f the agreement.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3636, 7 April 1906, Page 3
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145Cable Communication. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3636, 7 April 1906, Page 3
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