LATEST CABLE NEWS.
(RBUIBICS SPECIAL TO PJIBSS AGENCY.J Sydney, Friday. It is understood that the New Zealand Go* vernment has received an advance of half a million from the Bank of New South Wales* for two years, on favorable terms. Saturday. The ; Cable Conference, closed to-day. The following amongst other resolutions was carried :—" That the several Governments o£ South Australia, Queensland, and Western Australia.be invited to open negotiations for the construction ofcables connecting their several colonies with • Singapore o< Ceylon, and the Government of- New Zealand enteXJaJ' communication with the Government of tht i United States for the purpose of procuring their consent to contribute to> the payment of any subsidy that may be payable in respect to the same ; and further, that in all negotiations; of the several Governments, the necessity of? procuring a reduction of the present tariff rates be especially kept in view, the maximum rate being six shilling per word."
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4952, 5 February 1877, Page 2
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154LATEST CABLE NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4952, 5 February 1877, Page 2
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