PACIFIC CABLE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 265, 7 April 1914, Page 5

PACIFIC CABLE.

.STATKMKV'I' hy I'OS'.[.\IASTKH(iI'XKItAL i-'.v Tolcgrapli— Press Association. Duneilin, Monday. Speaking at the opening of the North-•■-M Valley Post Office, .Mr. Ithodes said ,:| ' i hough, (lie Pacific cable rates wer« "■••> Sorter, he did not think the Hoard •s even yet grunting sufiiciont conces--"•ib. to New Zealand. They were not 1 ■ i :. =iiitu' (lie cable on commercial lines. ■ ■■'• '.hie was annually utilised to tllo ■'■ v,'. of three million word*, and had a "ic'uy of from seven to ton million ; --rdx If Canada, by establishing wire- '■ -'■• communication with England, eouJd - ■••il; ilown Hie cable rates, we ought ■> r.'i-eive l>. netii iii the matter of rute Meanwhile, Ihe (iovemment would n t i 'a\ ils efforts for a reduction of cab!-. I lex. Mr. Khodes went on to say that , ' -e Murray multiplex transmitter was i ':('(■! eil to do a great deal for us. Mr. , "'■ m-.-iy, a young New Zcalander. had :' ! '■'iiisht out a simple system for fneili- ; ''»;• telegraph work. By hi* trans■i. ' i er twelve operators could be employon one line, six at each end. At ; e e<ent, by means of the quadruples I stem, four operators could work at *W I H'li end. The Murray transmitter, it ' j e'fls intimated, would enable from 240 ■ ;< !i > 28D messages to be sent over a lina '■'. i ii- an hour. ' )'