THE CABLE SERVICE.
COMMONWEALTH OFFERS A SUBSIDY. AN IMPORTANT PROPOSAL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received May 27, 10.50 p.m. Melbourne, Last Night. The Federal Government lias deckled to offer a subsidy of £2OOO a year for three years for a cable service from abroad that will supply nine thousand words daily, limited to existing associations. The conditions are not all defined, but generally will be on the lines of the suggestion made by the Senate report on the service last session, to be available for all newspapers that comply with the conditions. The control of the service will be left to the newspapers interested, every paper taking the service to have a voice in the management; that messages up to a thousand words per dav must be transmitted by the Pacific cable, but no stipulation to be made as to the route beyond that number. The Postmaster-General will settle the conditions under which the service is to be supplied to papers, but not the terms. The Federal Government win instruct the High Commissioner to support in every possible way the construction of a State-owned, Atlantic line.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 41, 28 May 1910, Page 5
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185THE CABLE SERVICE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 41, 28 May 1910, Page 5
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