CABLE RATES.
THEY SHOULD BE REDUCED. EVIDENCE BEFORE EMPIRE TR AD E COMTMTSSION. (Received April 30, 11 a.m.) MELBOURNE, April 30. Before the Empire Trade Commission, Mr Oxonham. Secretary to the. Postal Department, gave evidence in favour of a State-owned Atlantic cable, so that the Pacific Cable Boaird would have full control of the traffic between the United Kingdom and Australia, and be in a positiin to provide the cheapest, speediest, and most efficient service possible in the circumstances. He suggested that the ordinary cable rates should be reduced 1 to 2s a word, press work to 6d, deferred messages to Is, and week-end' cables to 6s. He considered the present scanty press cables would be considerably increased if the rates were reduced.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 May 1913, Page 5
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123CABLE RATES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 May 1913, Page 5
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