Cable Rates.
PROPOSED REDUCTIONS. (Received Juno J». 10.48 p.m.) ' LONDON, June 9. The House o( Conanou Tctagrapte Committee interviewed Mr Auatta ChamMsriain, Postmaster - Qmmml, seeking a reduction in the Indian rate to la Od per word and of ike West African by 95 per cent. Sir ». A. Bassoon complained of the kjgbj' Australian terminal charges, and on* sidered , New South Wales treated] tho Pacific cable unfairly. Mr Chamberlain remarked thatGreat Britain's position in the ca'.w. world was due to private entter--prises. He eaw no reason for tho Govumnicnt at present "enfttufcfaw sa. further cable enterprise. He indicated that the Indian rata would shortly bei reduced to 2s, Egyptian t» la* The West African ratq he eona*deradt fair and necessary. Ho would nfa* their views regarding the Pacta caMo to toe Colonial Ooatereoc*.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7845, 10 June 1905, Page 2
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132Cable Rates. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7845, 10 June 1905, Page 2
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