OCR Text |
Show BRITISH POSTOFFICE BUYS CABLE TO U. S. LONDON. March 13 Purchase or a direct cable tQ the United "States was announced by H Tike Pease assistant as-sistant postmaster general, In' the house of commons last night during an explanation of postofflce estimates In the pending budget hill He said ' I the British government had acquired 8 cable for 570.000 Including 100.000 worth of cable sto.ic nn,i m three cable stations at Balllnaakcl-llgb. Balllnaakcl-llgb. Ireland: Harbor Grace New Foimdland. Rye Beach, N. H. and Halifax. The- cable that has been bought is intended aa a reserve for the existing Imperial cable, and has been leased for a short time to the Western Union company for r.7.000 per year Mr. Poase remarked that a new cable would hae cost 1,000.000. |