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WEEK-END MESSAGES. No. 41. The Chairman, Pacific Cable Board, London, to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, Wellington. (Telegram.) London, 13th May, 1914. Board have pleasure in notifying arrangements now completed for introduction week-end rate between Australasia and Canada, commencing 28th May. For the present it will apply only to places in Canada to which the 2s. 4d. rate available. Minimum charge for twenty words lis. Bd., and word-rate 7d. Proportions for New Zealand, and rules regarding acceptance, identical United Kingdom week-end arrangements. [P. & T. 11/16.]

No. 42. The Secretary, Pacific Cable Board, London, to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, Wellington. The Pacific Cable Board, Queen Anne's Chambers, London S.W., Sir— 14th May, 1914. I have the honour, by direction of the Pacific Cable Board, to confirm the following cablegram despatched to you yesterday [No. 41]. It has only been possible, so far, to arrange for the exchange of Australasia week-end cablegrams with telegraph-offices situated in certain parts of British Columbia, and with all offices in Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. Negotiations are now passing with a view to the extension of the service to outlying offices in British Columbia, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island, thus making it applicable to the whole of the Dominion of Canada, and it is not anticipated any difficulty will be encountered in this matter. The tariffs for messages exchanged with New Zealand will be apportioned as follows :■ — /m j w j Additional (Twenty Words Wf)rd . rate . or Less). s. d. s. d. Pacific cable .. .. .. .. .. ..92 0 5£ New Zealand Post Office .. .. .. ..010 0 of Canadian Pacific Railway .. .. . . ..18 01 11 8 0 7 The Board will be indebted if you will kindly cause the widest publicity to be given to this new service. I have, &c, The Hon. the Postmaster-General, Wellington. Fred. J. Adye, Secretary. [Acknowledged, 27th June, 1914.]

No. 43. The Superintendent, Pacific Cable Board, Auckland, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Auckland, 29th May, 1914. The following telegram has been received from my Board in London: — " Please ask Postmaster-General, Wellington, if prepared admit to week-end messages all special services which are allowed for deferred telegrams, the conditions to be the same in both cases. That is to say, service itself chargeable at full rates, whilst special indication charged at week-end rate with exception case collation, where proposed rate would be quarter week-end rate."

No. 44. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Superintendent, Pacific Cable Board, Auckland. (Telegram.) Wellington, Bth June, 1914. Special services for week-end messages : Dominion agreeable to extension special services, with exception of " Urgent " and " Express paid," to week-end messages.

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