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SYDNEY TO AUCKLAND.
COMMEMORATION BANQUET,
(Received Last Nighty 9.45 o'clock ) SYDNEY, November 20.
The Pacific Cable Board entertained the leading business and professional men at a luncheon to-day in die Town Hall, to commemorate the laying of the cable from Sydney to Auckland.
Mr Mihvard, the Board's manager in the Pacific, presided. The attendance included Loid Clxelmsford, the Lord Mayor, the Federal Postmaster-General, and the Hon J. H. Trofle # Lord Chelmsford received two specimens of tho cable, mounted in silver and set in an oak case. He said tho event was one of considerable Imperial importance, and another step in the direction of that Imperial cooperation which all held close to their hearts.
The Postmaster-General read cables of congratulation from the Hon R. Heaton Rhodes (New Zealand), and the chairman of the Board in London.
Mr Fraser stated that in 1901, words transmitted from Australia numbered 922,766, while in 1911 they totalled 2,131,261, an inrcease of ISO per cent. The Government did ?iot intend to let this be a limit in the direction of connecting the scattered portions of the Empire, but their determination was to have a direct line, which would be entirely State-owned.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 21 November 1912, Page 5
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205CABLE SERVICE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 21 November 1912, Page 5
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