A CABLE TO SAMOL.
—— ♦ Ik a leader referring totelegra dtieoommunhaition l>otween fktn Kran<-i-»f>> and the colonies, th»> Sydney Daily Telegraph My«: —'• It isnot nil iniprolmblo, howover. that American iii'ei-i»ri«« <ril| do what rx.tli English air' iidmial has failed to ev«n practically n»f"ia|>t. Some time ago a report w«« freely cir rulaied that an American syndicate was arranging to obtain tho exclusive rights for a cable frnm Sun Frutcisno to Honolulu. This nttrnctod th» attention of the Premier of No'V ISeala <d, who communicated with *h«t Nilo.iial Governments with the object ot mak • ing joint representations io tlm Tlnwaiiaa Government in opposition to the granting of any such monnpolr. Wo new barn that a syndicate ol American, Gorman, and Dutch capitalists propose to lay a cable fiom San Francisco to Tutuila, Bamoa. Poseibly-iho two achem. • nre reailv one, and tlm extoaabn to Stoma may ».<• dbuted bv politictl reaoonc Hawaii is an adjunct to the United Stutos territoiy. Although under a acparate Government the relations with the United States are so close and cordial that a reciprocity treaty has been effected under wfaioh the Kiagdom of Hawaii isjvirtually admitud to ibc iuteyoal eommcrcial freedom of the American Union. Thore are, therefore, important business reasons .why the cable should be extended from Baa Francisco to Honolulu. Butthosamorecconado ■"♦/PP 1 ;, »• Samoa. The amount of trade, cither actual or proapeenve, 25!» *»•*>"* *i»d America W u?£* , J!? ,, * , . W "'I"''"" of tho •»«• from nooolnln to Samoa. But. TM?!r!i A,^Bt »oaa. ! i^Tl 10 oa the uVI *2? »sit »»• a the Bamoaa Oonfocanec at Berim, S! «2l I 3T 0 » 1-Wt Isnag U.at dM lacratc efiravaaOhaa^AwlaiJK •wy may caavm uaato •TsßsYaawossssal • A TT BBBBBm'flst HsVavasssasasL LssVal illaansHaS 1
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Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 68, 8 February 1890, Page 2
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279A CABLE TO SAMOL. Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 68, 8 February 1890, Page 2
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