THE CABLE SERVICE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 244, 20 November 1909, Page 6

THE CABLE SERVICE

THE FEDERAL ENQUIRY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, November 18. At the cable enquiry Mr. Wardell (,c; ,-etnrv of tile Victorian Country I'rc-.s Asocial ion) said he had never heard of any complaints from the country papers' regarding the manner in wireh tllcv were served by the Australian Cable Association. It was the laud rales which were objected to. i Asked if his association liad ever :oui siih red tin- question of establishing an i ov, rsea news distributing agency, wil- ! ne .. replied that he had never done >o j oil, dally. The ex|iense would be too givit. 'it would cost over £3OOO a year I to gel th,. cables, irrespective of the cost j of employing men. Even if a large miniI her of papers took the cables his comj pnnv would neve,- compete against the Ai'-<'lralian Cable Association.

INTERESTING FIGURES. Melbourne, November li). An officer of .the Government Stale**lit inns Department .luted befoie the Cables CominiltH' I hat there were 224 d ily papers published in the Unil-d Kingdom, and 07 in Australia, givingj an average per million of population of ; 3.04 for the United Kinudom anil i fur Australia. There were 200S weeklies in the United Kingdom, and 771 m Australia, with an average per million in the United Kingdom ot 50.85 and Mi Australia 182.85. The committee hue adjourned to Sydncv. In the Senate .Mr. Neild moved that he be discharged from further service on the Cable Conference. This waR agreed to. Mr. Neild stated that he intended to speak on the matter in inn Senate to-day, and would not give the reasons for his resignation till then. Rut he told an interviewer he thought the affair had gone far enough.