THE SLENDER WIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 67, 7 August 1914, Page 3

THE SLENDER WIRE.

NEW ZEALAND'S SVRMAKINE CONNECTION.. ll is at such a time as now when, si pa ruled by many hundreds of nniie.s from our nearest neighbor New Zcalandcts are anxiously av.iiting the very latest new- from He. .cat of operation-, .li.it Ibuuglils naturally turn to the n,'.-'hods by which the 'long and anxioiiv, awaited new* comes to hand. I; may be a source of the greatest coukdence thai, the Ri-itish Pacific cable is a, line pi.ssing entirely through British'doinini.ins. Marling from Vancouver, in the south-west comer of the Dominion i) Can ida. i' follows --, course direct lo . Fanning fs'aiel, a lirits'h posse-don situated a-ii'oe.g the centra] Polynesian Islads. Thence it passes direct to Norfolk Island, situated about SOU miles north-east of Sydney, and about tile same distance in rlh-wc-t of the North Cape of New Zealand. From Norfolk 1.-'.-auil it divides, one line going to Ojiecn-''ii: 1 and the culler to New Zealand, 'the direct line between Fanning and No:folk Islands passes through the

Seni'ian jift up, which live amount (!er-mai-.v's ci lonial possessions. It is this ermi'p lh:u tin- *-liii-f naval Malion of the (leanan I'acilic squadron iw situated ml, i-u'HHtii),n' (if ii hattlcsliiip, sonic cruisers, ami a store-ship. Another iniimrtaiit all-I'.ritish route is the Kastern (.'aide Co.. and in cuincction with the Kir-teni Extern.ion Co. affords another perfect an! si cine line of coniTiiiiiik.'itieii. I'rf.cei-ilini; from Knsiand, i|. passes via Madeira, (it. Vincent, Aijfeiifiion jtn.l SI. Helena, all sitiuiteil in tlie Atlantic <oeun. thence direct to Cape Tmvn. from here it is taken to Mauritius, situated east of the island of Madaya-car, (hence to Ocos l-iand. <■■Mit.li «i" Sumatra ami northwest of Auslra'.a, thence to I'ertll and Adelaide. Tiioiiii-h appareiil.lv talcjnj* a very circuitous K.nte. .-uch lias heen necessary, owiii" to the requirement- of working, ai- -0 '.Tent il' leu-th Uliavoidiihle sat.ii| coiisi.lei.i'iie r-'-i-tance, ca'l'nir fcr iu-terinedi-iry reinforcement of the current, such iirtl'umoiils 'bcintv sel up on the diil'e.rciit wands t'lirmmll uiiifh (he c;,1,1e ,s taken. TSesides' ties,, two routes the Ka-lern CmnpanCs mlilin.n thrmmh th'o Mediterranean via Malta !.. Alexandria, thence hv way of the K.'il Si'.'i t" Aden ami Hominy. The Ivistern K ..vus'ion cahles continue this ro-ile from Madras to tlie Straits Setllemeui* and Sine;,pure. !-Vom there 11.,.y hraneh oa-lW<l to China an 1 via .lapaa to Port "Darwin, an Important i.'.rle r ,\l, the northern extremity of die rcrtlicra territory of Australia. I'Tom ■ Australian Continent vi... Alice Kprinif-. liicn vwslward of Lake Kvro direct to Adelaid-. The -ami' company !.'':<-es conn.ctioii villi Vow Zealand direct from New S.Htli Wales, liy all variid scutes we are kept in. touch with tic ' aiilhorHic, in die 01,1 Land, ami advi-sd 0' the ;.!iciit lnovnaient- now taking p'ace.