CHEAP CABLES.
PROPOSED TWOPENNY RATE
Received January 7, 8.30 a.m. OTTAWA, January 6.
The British and Canadian Gover.iments are considering the question of instituting a twopenny Atlantic cable rate, bag-inning in July, if the cable companies agree, and later, if necessary, to lay an Imperial cable across the Atlantic.
Received January 8, 12.20 a.m. MELBOURNE, January 7. The Postmaster-General approves of cheapening the cables. If the Atlantic rates are reduced to twopence the rates to Australia can be reduced to two and fivspence per word.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3087, 8 January 1909, Page 5
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85CHEAP CABLES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3087, 8 January 1909, Page 5
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