OPENING OF THE NEW ZEALAND CABLE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 233, 26 February 1876, Page 10

OPENING OF THE NEW ZEALAND CABLE.

. % F" following congratulatory telegrams, whien passed on the occasion of the opening of, the cable between the colony and Australia', have been handed to us for publication : \ THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT TO THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT. Secretary of State for the Colonies, London. The completion of the telegraph cable from Sydney to New Zealand, enables me to congratulate your lordship upon the establishment of telegraphic communication between this colony and the Mother Country. great work, while facilitating the transaction of official and mercantile business will, I trust, draw closer the bonds of union between Great Britain and this her Majesty’s most distant possession.—Normanby. London, February 21.—His Excellency the Governor. —I have received your telegram, and heartily rejoice in the accomplishment of this important work. The Queen commands me to express her satisfaction at the establishment of a fresh bond of union with her loyal colony New Zealand. —Carnakvon. Wellington, February 19. —New Zealand rejoices that the completion of telegraphic communication makes closer and more intimate the ties between it and the Mother Country.—Julius Vogel, Premier. _ London, February 21. —I received your telegram with greatest satisfaction, and heartily return the sentiments and good wishes contained in it. —Carnarvon. THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. Governor of New South Wales.—l congratulate your Excellency on the establishment of telegraphic communication between Sydney and New Zealand, and at the. same time I would express the hope that this great work,

on the construction of which New South Wales and this colony have so. cordially united, may tend not only to facilitate the transaction of business, but also to strengthen the good-feeling which exists between the two colonies.—Normanby'. His Excellency the Marquis of Normanby., K.C.M.G., Governor of New Zealand, Auckland.—l congratulate you on the successful completion of an enterprise which brings New Zealand into telegraphic communication with all the commercial centres of the civilised world, and can scarcely fail to strengthen the ties which should ever bind these great Australasian colonies to each other and to the Mother Country.—Governor New South Wales. Governor of Queensland, Brisbane.—ln announcing to your Excellency the completion of the telegraph cable between Sydney and New Zealand, I beg to express a hope that this great undertaking may be the means of facilitating and increasing connection between Queensland and New Zealand. —Normanby. The Governor of New Zealand.—Brisbane, February 21. —Your Excellency’s telegram joyfully received. With your lordship I sincerely hope that New Zealand and Queensland may now steadily be brought into advantageous intercommunication, increasing’ from year to year.—W. W. Cairns. Governors of Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia. —I have great pleasure in informing your Excellency that telegraphic communication has been successfully established between New South Wales and New Zealand, and I trust that it may prove the means of drawing closer the bond of union and good-feeling between the Australasian colonies and New Zealand. —Normanby. His Excellency the Governor, Auckland. — Hobarton, Eeb. 22. I reciprocate your Excellency’s wish, and heartily desire prosperity to New Zealand, and my many friends there.—Fred. A. Weld, Governor of Tasmania. His Excellency the Marquis of Normanby, Auckland.—l congratulate your Excellency on the successful completion of a work the accomplishment of which I am confident will do much towards uniting Australian provinces in other ways. The land line to Echuca is progressing fast, and when finished all this group of British communities will enjoy the advantage of telegraphic correspondence. Governor Musgrave, Fort Elliott, Adelaide. Hon. the Premier, Sydney.—We are very glad in New Zealand to be connected by telegraph with New South Wales. I congratulate you upon the success of this undertaking, which we owe to the joint enterprise of the two colonies. I hope the telegraph may prove a band which will continue to unite them in friendly intercourse and in offices of mutual service.—Julius Vogel. Sir Julius Vogel.—Our efforts for telegraphic communication between New Zealand and New South Wales, when you, Lilly, and I, represented our respective colonies many years ago, though long delayed, are successful at last. Accept my hearty congratulations, and offer my best compliments to Lady Vogel, whose name, as it ought to be, from the great interest she has always taken in the enterprise, will be the first lady’s name that passes through the line.—John Robertson, Sydney. Hon. J. Robertson, Sydney.—Lady Vogel and I thank you for your congratulations. Your congratulatory message must have crossed mine to you. It would have been, well for all of us if Queensland had approved the arrangement to which you refer,, although our present arrangement is highly satisfactory.—Julius Vogel. Sir Julius Vogel. —Reciprocate congratulations, good wishes, hopes. Presume my formertelegram crossed yours on the way.—John Robertson. , , _ Postmaster-General, New Zealand. —1 congratulate you on New Zealand being brought into closer relations with other parts of the world. — Postmaster-General, Sydney. Hon. Postmaster-General, _ Sydney.—Many thanks for your congratulations, which I reciprocate. —Julius Vogel. Hon. Premier, Adelaide. —We are very glad in Zealand to be connected with South. Australia by telegraph, and, through her transcontinental system, with the rest of the world. —Julius Vogel. Sir Julius Vogel, Premier. —We reciprocate the sentiments expressed in your telegram, and are proud, tliat our trans-continental line enables you to join the rest of the world. We wish your colony success, and look forward to a great dominion of Australasia, of we hope our telegraphic union is typical. — Jas. P. Boucaut, Premier. Hon. Premier, Melbourne. —We are very ffiad in New Zealand to be connected by telegraph with Victoria.—Julius Vogel. Sir Julius Vogel.—We reciprocate congratulations on connection by telegraph with New Zealand.—J. McCulloch, Melbourne. Hon. Premier, Brisbane. —We are very glad in New Zealand to be connected by telegraph with Queensland. —Julius Vogel. Hon. Sir Julius Vogel.—Queensland congratulates New Zealand on being connected by telegraph with the adjacent colonies. —W. Hemmans, Brisbane. The Premier, Hobarton.—We are very glad in New Zealand to be connected by telegraph with Tasmania. —Julius Vogel. Hon. Julius Vogel. —On behalf of Mr. Kennerley and other members of the Tasmanian Ministry, I beg to offer the congratulations of this Government on the establishment of telegraphic communication with New Zealand. Thos. D. Chapman, Colonial Secretary,. Hobarton. THE PROVINCES. Hls Honor the Superintendent, Dunedin,— Your Honor will be interested to learn that the telegraph cable has been completed, and that the company’s engineer is now making tests before taking it over for public business.— Julius Vogel. , , . [The same message was forwarded to the Superintendent of each of the other provinces.} Sir Julius Vogel.—Accept my congratula-

tions on successful completion of cable. Was out of town when your telegram reached—J. Macandrew. , ~ •. Sir Julius Vogel.—Thank you for the information as to _ completion of telegraphic communication with Australia. Accept my be3t congratulations. —W. Rolleston. The Hon. the Premier, Wellington.^ —I am much gratified to learn that telegraphic communication between this colony and Great Britain, as well as with the other Australian Colonies, has been successfully established, and beg you to accept my hearty congratulations. —Oswald Cuiitis. Sir Julius Vogel.—Your telegram announcing completion of telegraph cable I received with much interest, and I desire to offer my warm congratulations on the accomplishment of a work of so much importance to this colony, and in which you have taken such an active interest. —James A. Bonab. Sir Julius Vogel.—Congratulate you on the marked success which has attended the laying of the new cable. —A. .P Seymour. Sir Julius Vogel.—l thank you for the courtesy of your telegram announcing completion of laying submarine cable, and offer my hearty congratulations on the event.—WILLIAM Fitzherbert. Sir Julius Vogel. —Thanks for your com-, munication. We are indeed pleased to learn that the telegraph cable is completed. _ Pray bear in mind that 'New Plymouth is still isolated, and that a promise has been given that the wire shall be connected this summer. —Fred. A. Carrington. The Hon. the Premier. —I thank you for your telegram. Xt was with great pleasure that I heard in 1867 that the sagacious originators of the policy of the introduction of the electric telegraph into New Zealand had succeeded in connecting the two islands by a submarine cable. It is with equal pleasure I now hear that their far-sighted policy has been pursued to so important a termination, and that the existing Government have had the gratification of completing so much greater a work, suited to the present advanced wealth and requirements of the country, and which must produce such important benefits for New Zealand. G. Grey. engineer op telegraph construction and MAINTENANCE COMPANY. Sir Julius Vogel.—Cable successfully completed. Eastern Extension Telegraph Company’s engineer now maldng tests before taking it over for public business. —F. It. LUCAS. F. It. Lucas, Esq.—l congratulate you upon the remarkable success with which you have laid the cable between Sydney and New Zealand, and the great skill and ability you have displayed.—Julius Vogel. CANTERBURY CHAMBER OP COMMERCE. Sir Julius Vogel. —The Canterbury Chamber of Commerce desire to congratulate you on the near completion of telegraphic communication with Great Britain. —P. Cunningham, Deputy-Chairman. P. Cunningham, Esq., Chamber of Commerce, Christchurch. —I thank the Chamber for its congratulations, and am glad to. say that the cable is now successfully laid. Julius Vogel.