PROPOSED PACIFIC CABLE.
A conference wai held on February 24 m San Francisco on the subject of a projected cable between San Franciico ! and the Australian . colonies. The) ' entire cose of this project, it ia estimated will not exceed 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 dollars, this carrying the cost of a line> extending from New Zealand to San Francica .yjfa Sandwich lalauds. Th» question is whether the British Govern incut will not bid , higher than th» United State* m order to hare the abor* end of the cable laid in)6ritißh Colombia* connected there with the telegraph ; Jint) through Canadian posseaaiona to tb» western end of the, Atlantic cable. The> San Francisco Chamber of Commerce) has passed resolutions requesting the aid of Congress for the establishment of a line of cable across the Pacific.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1677, 6 April 1886, Page 2
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131PROPOSED PACIFIC CABLE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1677, 6 April 1886, Page 2
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